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Feature November 27
Why Is Karl Taylor Dead?
Our prisons are our mental wards. One fatal case in New York shows where that can lead.
By Tom Robbins
Life Inside April 19
Prison Is Already Scary. It's Even Worse During a Blackout
As darkness fell, nerves got rattled and rumors spread.
By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.
News January 23
Nine Years With No Sunshine
A glitch in North Carolina law is trapping people for years in unequipped jails.
By Joseph Neff
News April 28, 2017
Just Another Week in Hell
The news from your local lockup is not good.
By Ken Armstrong
Analysis September 15, 2016
Sandra Bland, One Year Later
Her death at a Texas jail spurred a striking amount of reform talk across political lines.
By Maurice Chammah
Feature March 24, 2016
The Deadly Consequences of Solitary With a Cellmate
Imagine living in a cell that’s smaller than a parking space — with a homicidal roommate.
By Christie Thompson and Joe Shapiro
Life Inside March 4, 2016
Inside the 'Shithouse,' the Prison Unit Where Troubled Inmates Throw Feces at Guards
What it’s like to slowly lose your mind in the grossest corner of the prison-industrial complex.
By Jeremy Busby
Feature January 7, 2016
How to Get Out of Solitary — One Step at a Time
New programs are easing inmates out of years of solitary confinement with surprising outcomes for both prisoners and corrections officers.
By Maurice Chammah
News December 14, 2015
What Angola's Resigning Warden Is Leaving Behind
For 20 years, Burl Cain both punished and preached.
By Maurice Chammah
News August 4, 2015
Why Jails Have More Suicides than Prisons
A new report and a growing phenomenon.
By Maurice Chammah and Tom Meagher

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