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A grid of 9 book covers set on top of a blue background with sharp shadows: Hand Lettering & Calligraphy, Soledad Brother, Mein Kampf, 50 Shades of Grey, 48 Laws of Power, Prison Ramen, The Color Prple, Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Forgotten Realms On top, there are a few blocks of handwriting pointing to some of the books that read: "Threat to the order and security of the institution," "sexually explicit," "methods of poison"
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The Books Banned in Your State’s Prisons
We asked all state systems for book policies and ban lists, then created a database for you.
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Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
This explainer tells you how.
By Alexandra Arriaga, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Celina Fang, Bo-Won Keum, and Liset Cruz
Graphics September 21, 2017
Puerto Rico Puts Its Prisons Near Flood Zones
After Hurricane Maria, thousands of families await news.
By Yolanda Martinez and Anna Flagg
A glimpse of where non-citizens born in seven countries—Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen—reside.
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Stranded in Trump's America
Hundreds of thousands of people from seven barred nations live in all parts of the U.S.
By Anna Flagg and Tom Meagher
Graphics February 12, 2015
The Cost of Crime Fighting
Reading between the line items of Department of Justice budgets, past and present.
By Tom Meagher
Graphics December 23, 2014
Shifting Away from Solitary
More states have passed solitary confinement reforms this year than in the past 16 years.
By Gerald Rich and Eli Hager
Graphics December 19, 2014
By the Numbers
A guide to the latest stats in the world of criminal justice.
By Gerald Rich, Ivar Vong and Andy Rossback
Graphics December 19, 2014
U.S. Incarceration: Still Mass
The shrink-the-prisons movement hasn’t moved the numbers.
By Tom Meagher and Gabriel Dance
Graphics December 5, 2014
A Department of Defense Gift Guide 2014
Just pay shipping and handling.
By Tom Meagher, Andy Rossback and Lisa Iaboni
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