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News August 11, 2020
Breaking Out With A Bar of Soap
In Texas, prisoners are opening their cells to chat—and to riot.
By Keri Blakinger
News March 2, 2020
No Glitter, No Glue, No Meth?
Can Texas prisons really stop contraband by banning greeting cards?
By Keri Blakinger
Life Inside October 10, 2019
Finding Peace—and Briefly, Freedom—at My Grandfather’s Funeral
“Saying goodbye with the people who loved him—and me—I remember that I am not the tomb that imprisons me.”
By Robert K. Wright
News April 14, 2016
Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Have Facebook Pages?
A new policy in Texas limits inmates’ access to social media, creating a First Amendment conundrum.
By Maurice Chammah
News December 28, 2015
Miami’s Notorious Jail Fights Back Against Rape
A 5-year turnaround is cited as a model of prevention.
By Alysia Santo
The Rules April 3, 2015
Prison Bling
Keep it simple, keep it religious.
By Clare Sestanovich
The Rules March 27, 2015
Can Weaves Be Dangerous?
The problem of race and hair behind bars.
By Simone Weichselbaum
The Lowdown December 30, 2014
Prison Moonshine
How it’s made, how it smells, and why ketchup is involved.
By Clare Sestanovich
News December 17, 2014
Peeping Toms
Do prison inmates have a right to privacy?
By Alysia Santo
The Lowdown November 19, 2014
Fakeup
How women in prison remake makeup.
By Simone Weichselbaum
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