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News Inside
November 17, 2021
Have It Your Way
Issue 9 of News Inside meets you where you are.
By
Lawrence Bartley
News
February 19, 2021
Inside Frigid Texas Prisons: Broken Toilets, Disgusting Food, Few Blankets
The deep freeze has been terrible for many Texans, but prisoners have little way to get warm.
By
Keri Blakinger
Coronavirus
May 11, 2020
Ewwwww, What Is That?
Coronavirus has made Texas prison food even more gross.
By
Keri Blakinger
Life Inside
May 16, 2019
I Lost 25 Pounds in 4 Months Eating Prison Food
“I couldn’t wait to go home, restart my life—and eat a diet that didn’t kill me.”
By
Peter Inserra
Life Inside
January 17, 2019
I'm in Prison During the Shutdown. I Didn't Get "Holiday Steak."
There will be beans (there's always beans). And half of a chicken.
By
Seth Piccolo
Life Inside
May 17, 2018
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things on Death Row
Not even an extra boiled egg.
By
Timothy White
News
January 4, 2018
The Latest Big Win for Prison Privatization
It just got a lot harder to send a care package to New York prisoners.
By
Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
Life Inside
June 8, 2017
The Secret Garden
An illicit prison veggie patch whets inmates’ memories of freedom.
By
Matthew Hahn
News
October 23, 2016
If Prisoners Ran Prisons
Five Texas inmates say what they’d do differently.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
September 8, 2015
‘I Reviewed Jail on Yelp Because I Couldn’t Afford a Therapist.’
Why people are using sites like Yelp to vent and offer tips about prison and jail.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel