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An illustration shows the back of a prisoner being surrounded by several screaming individuals coming out of floating news screens. In the background, there is a distant prison.
Life Inside December 16, 2022
Despite Sensationalist Media Coverage, the Famous People at My Prison Aren’t in Any Special Danger
Celebrities get a lot of attention on both sides of the wall. But ultimately, we are all the same: warehoused property.
By Anthony Accurso as told to Keri Blakinger
ViewFinder September 17, 2017
Shawna: A Life on the Sex Offender Registry
A young mother struggles with life on the sex offender registry.
David Feige
Life Inside February 18, 2016
I Married a Sex Offender
Life, restricted.
By gretchen as told to Beth Schwartzapfel
News December 18, 2015
Rape is Rape, Isn’t It?
It depends on who is counting, and what they count.
By T. Christian Miller and Tom Meagher
News November 11, 2015
What’s In a Date?
For registered sex offenders in California, quite a lot.
By Anat Rubin
Q&A September 18, 2015
‘Sex is Not a Service’
A former prostitute makes the case for busting johns.
By Dana Goldstein
Molly Shattuck, center in striped shirt, leaves the Sussex County Courthouse in Georgetown, Del., in June, after pleading guilty to raping a 15-year-old boy.
The Lowdown August 28, 2015
Weekends in Jail for Rape?
Why people get sentenced to “weekend jail.”
By Corey G. Johnson
Bill Cosby speaking at a university in Washington, D.C. in 2006.
News July 7, 2015
Cosby in Context
Seven facts about rape.
By Dana Goldstein
News June 17, 2015
‘A System That Is Clearly Broken’
A Minnesota sex-offender program is under fire. How long can the state hold people for crimes they have not yet committed?
By Beth Schwartzapfel
News March 11, 2015
Barred from Church
Sex-offender laws are raising questions about the right to worship.
By Maurice Chammah
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