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Prison

  1. power
    Ghislaine Maxwell Has Been Moved to a Low-Security PrisonThe socialite will apparently serve her 20-year sex-trafficking sentence in Florida.
    By Danielle Cohen
  2. power
    A Tale of Two CitiesWhy the Women’s Prison Association chose a Black woman from Baltimore to lead it.
    By Caryn York
  3. delusions
    Well, This Is Certainly Positive ThinkingA Capitol rioter plans to spend her prison time detoxing and drinking protein shakes.
    By Danielle Cohen
  4. how i get it done
    The Prison Abolitionist Redefining What It Means to WinWhen not visiting clients in jail or advocating for them in court, Rhiannon Hamam also co-hosts a podcast about “how much the Supreme Court sucks.”
    By Claire Lampen
  5. all in the family
    ‘I Told Her I’ll Wear Two Masks’Three mothers discuss being unable to visit their incarcerated loved ones.
    As told to Angelina Chapin
  6. first person
    Aching for AbolitionAs a survivor of sexual violence, I know prison isn’t the answer.
    By Camonghne Felix
  7. art and soul
    MoMA PS1 Reopens to the Public With ‘Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration’Featuring art made by people in prisons as well as work by non-incarcerated artists.
    By Cassidy George
  8. mass incarceration
    Pregnant Woman Held in Coronavirus-Ridden Jail Over Traffic ViolationsDiamond Davis was pulled over for driving with temporary plates, then had to spend the night in jail during a coronavirus outbreak.
    By Hannah Gold
  9. coronavirus
    Cuomo’s Order to Release Pregnant Women From Prison Is a ShamThe order’s criteria is too stringent to have any real impact.
    By Angelina Chapin
  10. coronavirus
    A Mother in Federal Prison Has Died of the CoronavirusAndrea Circle Bear is the first woman in federal custody to die from COVID. Advocates say she could have been saved.
    By Angelina Chapin
  11. “influencers”
    The Women of ‘Prison YouTube’These channels help formerly incarcerated women gain support systems that may be too uncomfortable or difficult to forge in the real world.
    By Jessica Bloom
  12. women’s health
    A Woman Says She Was Forced to Give Birth in a Dirty Jail Cell, Completely AloneIn a new lawsuit, Diana Sanchez says authorities “callously made her labor alone for hours.”
    By Hannah Gold
  13. the cut on tuesdays
    What a ‘Conjugal Visit’ Is Actually LikeAnd other insights into marriage, on this week’s podcast.
    By the Cut
  14. marriage: an investigation
    Former Times Correspondent and Editor Sheila Rule Married Her Prison Pen Pal“In some ways it didn’t seem real, because it was something we’d been yearning for and talking about for so long.”
    As told to Rachel Bashein
  15. crime
    Texas Woman Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Voting IllegallyCrystal Mason says she didn’t even know she was ineligible to vote.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  16. carcereal state
    These States Still Allow Female Inmates to Be Shackled During ChildbirthNorth Carolina is the latest state to address the controversial practice of restraining pregnant inmates.
    By Lilian Min
  17. crime
    Rikers Guards Are Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Visitors in the Bathrooms“These women are being completely violated.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  18. crime
    Anthony Weiner Is Heading to Prison TodayThe disgraced former Congressman will begin serving a 21-month term.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  19. crime
    Anthony Weiner Sentenced to 21 Months in PrisonThe former Democratic congressman pled guilty to a charge of transferring obscene material to a minor in May.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  20. prison reform
    Why Female Prisoners in Wyoming Can End Up Serving Longer Terms Than MenAnd the legal battle to change that.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  21. now smell this
    John Legend on Toxic Masculinity and Touring With Chrissy Teigen“We’ve got a crib and a changing table on the bus.”
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  22. politics
    This New Bill Seeks to Reform the Way Women Are Treated in PrisonIt mandates that women prisoners be given pads and tampons and extends visiting hours with their children.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  23. ‘I Told Them I Would Kill Myself if I Had to Go Back’: 4 Women on Life at RikersFormer inmates describe life inside New York’s notorious correctional facility.
    By Kaitlin Menza
  24. Yes, the American Incarceration Rate Is Going DownA decade-long trend.
    By Drake Baer
  25. the law
    Inmate Sex Abuse Deemed Cruel and UnusualA federal appeals court has decided it may violate their 8th Amendment rights.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  26. round table
    Ex-Prisoners on Watching Orange Is the New Black“Prison is the largest stage ever. And the Oscar goes to … “
    By Kat Stoeffel
  27. party chat
    Taryn Manning on the Upside of Prison Jumpsuits: Cookies“We’re always at craft service like, ‘Well! You can eat that cookie.’”
    By Jenni Avins
  28. lawsuits
    Dolce & Gabbana Claim ‘Pillory,’ Shutting Down Milan ShopsThe city will suffer for three days.
    By Julie Ma
  29. taxes shmaxes
    Dolce & Gabbana Sentenced to Prison [Updated]They were found guilty of tax evasion.
    By Charlotte Cowles
  30. pussy riot
    Pussy Riot Gives Us Permission to Find Them HotIt serves a “subversive function.”
    By Kat Stoeffel