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Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.

As a queer teen, Michael Shane Hale found belonging in books. Here’s how he built a place where everyone can read in peace in prison.

Life Inside • 11.03.2023

Want to Time Travel Back to the 80s? Visit a Prison “Typing Room”

“The typing room is where the optimism of naive, hopeful, recently incarcerated inmates goes to die.”

Life Inside • 09.05.2019

The Conspiracy Theories You Hear in Prison

The Obamas are part of the Illuminati. Former inmates get lifetime benefits. “Franking.” And other myths that spread behind bars.

Life Inside • 03.15.2018

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