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Healing From My Prison Rape Requires Time, Therapy and Friends Who Don’t Blame the Victim

Lexie Handlang was sexually assaulted soon after she arrived in a Missouri prison. Here, she charts her ongoing road to recovery.

Life Inside • 06.26.2026

A Women’s Prison Conceals a Sinister Secret: Staff Sexual Misconduct, Accusers Say

Some employees at a Texas federal prison that holds high-profile women including Ghislaine Maxwell said they faced retaliation for reporting abuse.

News • 03.27.2026

In Prison, Optics Are Everything

Assumptions and rumors determine the social hierarchy and the wrong friendship can be dangerous.

Life Inside • 02.20.2026

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