Incarceration & Prisons Archives – Page 3 of 3 – Scalawag

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Whether Fences or Not

by Jacob Davis December 31, 2018November 16, 2022

Measures meant to make North Carolina prisons safer are doing the opposite

by Lyle C. May October 29, 2018October 1, 2020

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Unions are needed everywhere—especially prisons

by Jonathan Michels July 5, 2018June 23, 2021

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'Prisoners' organizations were thought to be dangerous.': Conversations with organizers of the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union

by Jonathan Michels June 26, 2018November 16, 2022

New Year's Revolution

by E Martinez June 20, 2018September 16, 2020

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'The most violently exploited group in America': Incarcerated workers

by Jonathan Michels June 19, 2018June 23, 2021

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Louisiana to expand voting rights for people with felony convictions

by Natalie Yahr May 21, 2018September 16, 2020

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How Southern organizers are leading the movement to end money bail

by Gabrielle Hernandez May 17, 2018September 16, 2020

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SNAP trap

by Joel Dillard May 17, 2018September 16, 2020

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Homes and gardens: The best thing to ever happen to a prison

by Lewis Raven Wallace April 5, 2018June 23, 2021

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"It's going to take resoluteness": Elizabeth Sanders on uprooting white supremacy in Central Appalachia and beyond

by R. Garringer January 9, 2018October 4, 2021

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How the criminal justice system criminalizes learning disabilities in Texas public schools

by Laura Thompson November 16, 2017September 16, 2020

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Rising racial tension in North Carolina stirs beneath a police officer's alleged assault on 13 year old

by Jordan Green November 14, 2017September 16, 2020

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A prison by any other name

by J. Malcolm Garcia November 13, 2017July 2, 2021

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The South's immigration detention centers are already hellish, soon they could get even worse

by Camille Pendley July 5, 2017September 16, 2020

Beyond the wall

by Lyle C. May July 3, 2017October 1, 2020

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How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

by Kate Jenkins January 27, 2017September 16, 2020

A letter to President-Elect Trump

by Leroy E. Mann January 17, 2017October 1, 2020

Why we must educate our prisoners

by Lyle C. May November 29, 2016October 1, 2020

Two days before a scheduled execution

by Leroy E. Mann and Iris Gottlieb October 19, 2016June 23, 2021

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Where do the police come from?

by Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford September 7, 2016September 16, 2020

Here's what the Angola 3 dreamt up in solitary

by Holly Genovese August 18, 2016June 23, 2021

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6 million Americans don't get to vote—here are some of their voices

by Eliana Eitches July 6, 2016September 16, 2020

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The suffering of Yefri Sorto-Hernandez

by Anna Simonton July 1, 2016September 16, 2020

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Race is the reason felons don't have the right to vote

by M. T. C. Shafer June 14, 2016September 16, 2020

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North Carolina prisoners are dying in custody

by Danielle Purifoy and Matt Whitt February 25, 2016July 2, 2021

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Police and the silent majority

by Seth Farber February 9, 2016September 16, 2020

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The hidden politics of immigration

by Hana Brown and Jennifer Jones December 17, 2015September 16, 2020

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The Louisianan challenging juvenile life sentences at the Supreme Court

by Katy Reckdahl October 12, 2015September 16, 2020

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The Police, the Law, and the Unjustified Use of Force

by Irving Joyner July 8, 2015September 16, 2020