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News Inside December 6
Let Them Tell It
Issue 12 of News Inside brings you news and views straight from people living and working in the system.
By Lawrence Bartley
Life Inside August 4
Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars
We asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Peter Borenstein, an attorney in Los Angeles, specializes in suing on behalf of prisoners who are victims of theft while incarcerated.
News January 28, 2018
Defrauded in Prison? Call This Guy
A young California lawyer helps long-term inmates with their white-collar problems.
By Eli Hager
News January 28, 2016
Why Getting Sued Could Be the Best Thing to Happen to New Orleans’ Public Defenders
The ACLU takes the cash-poor agency to court to force the cash-poor legislature to pay.
By Eli Hager
Life Inside January 15, 2016
Getting a Hustle: How to Live Like a King Behind Bars
From moonshine to tattoos to balloons of drugs.
By Patrick Larmour
Life Inside May 19, 2015
A Lifer’s Retirement Plan
Most of us get out old and broke. Not me.
By Rahsaan Thomas
Robert Durst, center, in a scene from the HBO series "The Jinx."
News March 17, 2015
Five Lessons from “The Jinx”
What the HBO documentary series shows us about real-world law enforcement.
By Dana Goldstein and Eli Hager
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