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Jail
August 11, 2019
Andrew Cohen
The Completely Predictable Death of Jeffrey Epstein
If you are shocked by a jail suicide you aren’t paying attention to the grim conditions of incarceration in America.
August 21, 2014
Lane Florsheim
What Getting Arrested in Ferguson Is Like
Meghan Flannery on her arrest in Ferguson and time in jail.
August 15, 2014
Josh Kovensky
It's Time to Pay Prisoners the Minimum Wage
Paying just $2 a day hurts our economy and punishes families
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