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Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

Goods are scarce in any correctional facility, but the circumstances are especially dire for those in isolation. Here’s how people in “the box” use their ingenuity, collaboration skills and a form of “fishing” to get what they need.

Life Inside • 02.18.2022

Life Behind the Wall

Sure, prisons and jails are dangerous places. But everyday life inside isn’t as explosive as TV and movies make it look.

The System • 11.13.2020

Money Changed Everything for Me in Prison

“I am not evidence that the system ‘works.’ I am an outlier, dripping in luck.”

Life Inside • 04.11.2019

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