For some elderly women in Japan, prison offers companionship and a life free from worry.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Nonfiction, Story, Writing
The Death Row Book Club
When Anthony Ray Hinton was sentenced to death for two murders he didn’t commit, he used his time to create a book club for death row inmates.
Posted inNonfiction, Story
No Más FantasĂa
What happens when you’re sentenced to life in prison as a teenager, then released 19 years later and sent to a place that’s supposed to feel like home?
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events, Nonfiction
The Collected Crimes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio
The president chose to pardon an extremely bad man before providing aid to Texas.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Bringing Her Dad Up to Speed After Thirty Years Away
Reconnecting with her father after his release from prison, Ashley Ford must also bring him into the digital age.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
On Island: Journeying to Penal Colonies, from Rikers to Robben
On journeys to Rikers Island in New York City and Robben Island in South Africa, Roohi Choudhry examines issues of incarceration and racism, and envisions a day when the convicted are no longer exiled to penal colonies.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Prisoners in Hawaii Are Being Sent to Die in Private Prisons in Arizona
Forty-three percent of Hawaii’s state prisoners are currently locked up in the notorious Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona. This is the story of one man, Johnathan, who died in custody just days before his 22nd birthday.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
What Murderers Will Never Tell You About Their Childhood
Mitigation specialist Jennifer Wynn investigates the upbringings of defendants on trial — often for their lives — to humanize clients in a bid to convince at least one juror to bypass the death penalty for a life in prison without parole.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Death Penalty on Display
At The Texas Observer, Robin Ross writes on the rise of dark tourism — the macabre fascination with the Huntsville’s Texas Prison Museum — site of America’s first lethal injection.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Death Penalty on Display
At The Texas Observer, Robin Ross writes on the rise of dark tourism — the macabre fascination with the Huntsville’s Texas Prison Museum — site of America’s first lethal injection.