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Inside Story August 25
The Youth ‘Treatment’ Centers Kids Risk Their Lives to Escape
Thousands of kids enter residential facilities promised care. Instead, many face systemic abuse, and some risk everything to break free.
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Inside Story July 31
What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish?
In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.
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Feature September 26, 2024
The Future of Prisons?
Inspired by Germany, South Carolina let prisoners design their own units, write house rules and settle their own disputes. Then came politics.
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Feature September 25, 2015
Prison Without Punishment
Germany allows inmates to wear their own clothes, cook their own meals, and have romantic visits. Could that work in the United States?
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