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September 6, 2023
The Appeal
Unlocking the Black Box of In-Custody Deaths

Despite the frequency of in-custody deaths, their exact scope remains unknown and data is often intentionally obfuscated.

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August 28, 2023
The Nation
Wildfires Are a Dire Threat to Incarcerated People Like Me

If we get caught in the path of raging flames, what will be the plan for those of us locked behind bars?

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August 9, 2023
The Appeal
Prison Can Be A Hostile Place. Then the Birds Came.

The birds quickly became the talk of the unit. Suddenly, everyone was an ornithologist, claiming to know whether barn swallows were endangered.

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July 5, 2023
The Appeal
How Toxic Masculinity Drives Homophobia in Prison

The phrase “toxic masculinity” is ubiquitous these days, but there are few places where it’s more all-consuming than in a men’s prison

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May 3, 2023
The Appeal
Prison Labor: Where ‘Dead-End’ Jobs Meet 21st Century Slavery

Inside the towering walls and razor wire fences of U.S. prisons, slavery remains legal—and it is carried out with little oversight, often under horrific conditions.

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April 20, 2023
Jewish Currents
In the Hole

Five incarcerated men on the minute-by-minute experience of solitary confinement.

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April 5, 2023
The Appeal
Fighting for a Chance to Prove I’m Ready to Return Home

I don’t know if I’ll ever receive the resentencing hearing I was once promised, but I do know this system must change.

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