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An illustration shows a person wearing a gray prison uniform standing in a spotlight. The person looks toward the background where four people sit at cafeteria tables in a white silhouette.
Life Inside December 6
I Found My Faith Community in Prison. Then My Facility Closed.
Rashon Venable spent three productive years at New York’s Sullivan Correctional Facility. A surprise shutdown sent the Muslim poet and writer into a tailspin.
By Rashon Venable
A portrait of a Black man with a gray beard in a blue prison uniform is on the left panel. On the top right panel, the Black man mops the floor of a hallway. The bottom right panel shows a bucket and mop next to a table with a copy of the Quran and a copy of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," a document of 136 working hours, a donation envelope of $17.74, and yellow gloves.
Life Inside April 5
I Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here’s Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world.
By Hamzah Jihad Furqaani as told to
An illustration shows the back of a person's head and shoulders. Several panels surround the head in the background, depicting police brutality, fish in a pond, a badge, paperwork, a hand holding a donut, and a boot.
Life Inside February 10, 2023
I Write About Bad Prison Conditions. That Doesn’t Mean I Hate All Cops.
As a kid in Pakistan, police treated Tariq MaQbool like a nephew. As an adult in solitary confinement, the kindness of one New Jersey corrections officer made him feel human.
By Tariq MaQbool
Life Inside March 4, 2021
How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison
In those moments when I feel like a puppet tied up in strings, I draw on my Muslim faith to stay hopeful.
by Tariq Maqbool
Feature February 18, 2020
Anatomy of Hate
It was a triple-murder fueled by rage—but was it a hate crime?
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Abdurrahman Qadan told Monroe, N.Y., police he was affiliated with ISIS, but later retracted his statement. Still, prosecutors are pursuing a terrorism charge that could send him to prison for seven years if convicted.
News March 14, 2017
Prosecutor: It’s Terrorism. Suspect: ‘I Was Just Saying Something Stupid’
If it was just a crazy, drug-induced outburst, is it worth 7 years in prison?
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