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Prison Industrial Complex
January 19, 2021
Wesley Williams
My Life Sewing T-Shirts for 26 Cents an Hour
You might think I work outside the U.S., beyond the reach of our labor laws. You’d be wrong.
March 10, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
No Justice for Harvey Weinstein’s Victims
A long prison sentence can’t repair the harm he caused for dozens of women over many decades. What would it look like to demand more?
October 14, 2019
Hannah Beckler
“It’s a Prison”
Inside the Irish refugee centers run by an American catering conglomerate.
August 19, 2019
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Ken Silverstein
Shock Corridor
The first inside report from an ICE mental health facility
March 5, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Conservatives' Prison Reform Plans Won't Work
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