While Corey Devon Arthur was quarantining, people in the unit got tablets equipped with telephone apps. “If we all had the option to use a phone app, the value of violence would plunge,” he writes.

In a prison where 200 men share eight phones, making back-to-back calls is like challenging the guy behind you to a duel.

A mystery unfolds during an urgent phone call.

“I felt like a virgin on my wedding night — eager to put this thing to use, not sure if it’ll hurt.”

“Sometimes I won’t hear from my family in years.”