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Prison Mail
News
March 29, 2021
Texas Prisons Stopped In-Person Visits and Limited Mail. Drugs Got in Anyway.
Guards smuggle in most contraband, people who live in or work at prisons say.
By
Keri Blakinger
and
Jolie Mccullough
Life Inside
June 28, 2018
This Prison Won’t Let Me Read “Game of Thrones”
Navigating the sometimes weird, arcane rules about inmate contraband.
By
Kimberly Hricko
Life Inside
December 21, 2017
When a Gay Inmate Loses the Ability to Blend In
Outed by Accident, More Vigilant by Necessity
By
Stephen Wilson
Feature
December 21, 2017
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages
Inside the booming market for food in pouches, clear electronics, pocket-less clothing and other corrections-approved goods.
By
Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
Life Inside
February 13, 2015
Love in Solitary
A relationship told through letters.
Compiled by
Caroline Grueskin
The Lowdown
February 12, 2015
Prison Personals
How prison pen pal services became the new OkCupid.
By
Simone Weichselbaum