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Solitary Confinement Is Being Rebranded in US Prisons

04.10.14

By Rachel Barth
News

An Ex-Con Takes Aim at Multibillion-Dollar Private Prisons

03.22.14

By Keegan Hamilton
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By Annie P. Waldman
News

Sri Lanka Can’t Get Its Executioner to Hang Around

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By Olivia Becker
Food

Elko County, Nevada Forces Inmates to Pay for Jailhouse Meals

03.08.14

By Gideon Resnick
Food

Elko County, Nevada Forces Inmates to Pay for Jailhouse Meals

03.05.14

By Gideon Resnick
Tech

The Geography of Secret Places: An Interview with Trevor Paglen

02.11.14

By ALEX PASTERNACK
Egypt’s Prisons Are Full to the Brim with Activists and Journalists

01.15.14

By Louisa Loveluck
Travel

Prison Pit

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By Giles Clarke
Out of Jail but Without an Identity

12.30.13

By Charles Davis
How the US Census Gives Power to the Rural Counties Where Prisons Are Built

11.27.13

By Bert Burykill
News

Solitary Confinement Is a Legal Form of Torture in Canada

11.26.13

By Danny Gould

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