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How Architects Make the Case for Bigger Jails — and Get Paid to Build Them

So-called justice architecture firms produce studies that argue for expanding U.S. jails. Often they also win the contracts to build them.

Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty

Extended stays in solitary confinement may cause neurons in the brain to shrink by 20 percent, according to new research. (f8grapher/Bigstock) By Jean Casella / Solitary Watch It’s Christmastime once again in Incarceration Nation. Amid the celebrations, fears, and hopes the season brings this year, it is worth stopping for a moment to remember certain things about the two figures who dominate this holiday. As the year ends with some 2,300 Americans sitting on death row awaiting their fates,

15 Exhibitions, Panels, & Events You Shouldn't Miss at Photoville 2017

'I get to tell my story': incarcerated journalists are making podcasts, going viral and and winning awards | US prisons

Inside San Quentin, residents are drawing mainstream audiences and shifting narratives about life behind bars

Solitary confinement is still widespread in US prisons and jails

The United States locks people in isolation even though it causes severe psychological damage that can last a lifetime.