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Aaron Barnhart
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Mar 1, 2018
Kansas locked up more than 5,000 women and girls for having STDs
“The law itself was very, very broad”
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Rian Dundon
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Jan 25, 2018
These photos of incarcerated Hungarian kids were banned 40 years ago
Now photographer Ádám Urbán has…
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Timeline
Feb 28, 2017
In small town America, sometimes prisons are the best bet
Some actually fight to have one built in…
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Matt Reimann
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Aug 22, 2016
The dramatic rise of the biggest private prison contractor
“You just sell it like you were selling…
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Meagan Day
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Aug 9, 2016
Obama is freeing more prisoners, but it’s still way fewer than previous presidents
Even Nixon let more people out of jail
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Georgina Gustin
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Apr 20, 2016
Sorry to kill the 4/20 buzz, but dozens of people will die in US jails for pot charges
The public supports relaxing weed laws, but some states haven’t caught up
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Meagan Day
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Mar 1, 2016
Liberals tried to create a fairer prison system. Here’s how it backfired.
Now they’re attempting to close a Pandora’s box they opened in the 1970s
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Asher Kohn
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Jan 28, 2016
Michigan’s prison-building spree left it unprepared for Flint’s looming mental health crisis
The state chose to imprison, rather than help, many of its mentally ill
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