Pen Pals

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I’ve Been Pen Pals with Nearly 50 Murderers and Serial Killers
I would send my pen pals money for postage and phone time to write and call me. After a few years, I'd had conversations with many of America's most infamous and hated individuals.
Christopher Duett
23.11.14
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RIP Bert Burykill, Longtime VICE Prison Correspondent
A look back at his life and work.
Harry Cheadle
27.4.14
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Just Close Down California's Prisons Already
Reason no. 243 why the system ain't fair.
Bert Burykill
19.9.13
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Starve Yourself Free
Hunger striking sucks, but It's the only protest method prisoners have left.
Bert Burykill
9.9.13
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Phone Calls from Jail Are Criminally Expensive
The FCC is finally going to do something about it.
Bert Burykill
20.8.13
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‘Orange Is the New Black’ Through the Eyes of an Ex-Con
Finally a show gets prison more or less right.
Bert Burykill
7.8.13

Annoncering

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Piss Testing Is a Failure
These tests are just a big hustle.
Bert Burykill
1.7.13
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The Guys Who Really Should Be Locked Up
I'm constantly stunned by the stuff I hear in rehab.
Bert Burykill
24.6.13
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There's No Sex in Prison Showers
Lets talk about turning gay in prison.
Bert Burykill
18.6.13
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HardWhite and Harry Potter
Little white wizards get no play in county lockup.
Bert Burykill
28.5.13
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The Trials of Job
It's hard to find work as a felon.
Bert Burykill
15.5.13
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Bert Meets a Real Rapper Who’s a Year Out of Prison
A lotta dudes in prison are rappers, but I don’t pay them much mind.
Bert Burykill
9.5.13