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Dozens of Prisoners Allege a Culture of Violence by Guards at Federal Facility in Virginia

In lawsuits and interviews, people held at Lee penitentiary described correctional officers breaking teeth, fracturing ribs and using the N-word.

Feature • 12.17.2024

Life Inside, Remixed: An Incarcerated Artist Learns to Paint Through the Chaos of Prison

Rafael Rodriguez’s artistic mentor and cellmate, Memo, taught him how to pour his anger and pain into oil painting.

Life Inside • 11.01.2024

How Efforts to Cut Long Prison Sentences Have Stalled

Crime victim advocates and conservative groups are resisting moves to revisit “truth-in-sentencing” laws.

Closing Argument • 08.31.2024

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