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How Germany Does Prison

We’re touring German prisons with VICE. For behind-the-scenes photos and observations from the road, follow our reporter on Twitter.

Feature September 26
The Future of Prisons?
Inspired by Germany, South Carolina let prisoners design their own units, write house rules and settle their own disputes. Then came politics.
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Lt. Russell Hanes, left, and counselor Colleen McClay, in bright red at center, chat with women who are incarcerated at York Correctional Institution in Niantic, Conn., in August.
News October 9, 2018
More Women Are Behind Bars Now. One Prison Wants to Change That.
Connecticut’s WORTH program uses therapy, classes and mentoring to try to keep women from coming back.
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John Pittman, left, is Davon Eldemire’s mentor and is helping him plan for life after release.
Feature May 8, 2018
The Connecticut Experiment
Young brains are still evolving. One prison is trying to take advantage of that.
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Inmates watch television at the Missouri River Correctional Center, a minimum-security facility in Bismarck, N.D., which has based some of its programs on those found in a prison in Norway.
News October 31, 2017
I Did It Norway
Some American prisons are singing a European tune.
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Feature September 25, 2015
Prison Without Punishment
Germany allows inmates to wear their own clothes, cook their own meals, and have romantic visits. Could that work in the United States?
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Detail of the uniform of a correctional officer at the Waldeck Prison in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.
News June 22, 2015
The Stiff Competition to Work in German Prisons
How Germany does prison, day five.
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News June 19, 2015
How Germany Treats Juveniles
Inside the German prison system, day four.
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The view outside Tegel-Prison from the bus carrying the delegation.
News June 18, 2015
Can German Prisons Teach America how to Handle Its Most Violent Criminals?
How Germany does prison, day three.
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News June 17, 2015
Germany’s Kinder, Gentler, Safer Prisons
Blank stares and culture shock. How Germany does prison, day two.
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News June 16, 2015
How Germany Does Prison
Americans on a mind-boggling incarceration road trip. Day One.
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