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Life Inside January 25, 2018
The Misery of “Medical Chain”
When a trip to the hospital means spending hours on a cramped bus handcuffed to another prisoner.
By Deidre Mcdonald
Life Inside February 16, 2017
A Mother Visits Her Son, Who’s Condemned to Die in April
‘I can’t touch him and comfort him.’
By Marilyn Shankle-Grant as told to Maurice Chammah
Looking Back May 30, 2016
The Real Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Had a Father in Prison
And he played drums in a prison band.
By Maurice Chammah
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 January 27, 2015
See No Evil
A new report details abuse of blind, deaf and disabled inmates in a Texas prison.
By Maurice Chammah
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