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An illustration shows a person wearing a black head cover and an orange, long-sleeved shirt. The person is reading a letter at a desk with stacks of envelopes on it. A collage of letters showing different styles of penmanship are in the background.
Feature December 16
What I Learned From a Year of Reading Letters From Prisoners
The Marshall Project receives nearly 3,000 letters a year from people behind bars. Each one tells a different story about the system’s harms.
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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 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.
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Life Inside February 13, 2015
Love in Solitary
A relationship told through letters.
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The Lowdown February 12, 2015
Prison Personals
How prison pen pal services became the new OkCupid.
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