Topic: inmates

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks in front of the hospital ship USNS Mercy (Carolyn Cole-Pool/Getty Images)

Inmate firefighters: A path to turn pro

Joseph Winters - Grist
The tiny paper dragon, in the palm of Rene’s hand (photo provided by PR firm)

A gift from an innocent man on death row

Rene Denfeld
(Getty Images/istockphoto)

"We failed as an agency"

Jolie McCullough - The Texas Tribune
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Rights of incarcerated women

Celisa Calacal - Alternet
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast-File) (AP)

Modern day eugenics

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(Getty/MichaelSvoboda)

Running from prison to home

Emily Halnon
Scott Walker (AP//J. Scott Applewhite)

Taylor Link
(Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Humans shipped cross-country

Josh Eidelson
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

"Grave danger" in Arizona

Josh Eidelson
(Shutterstock)

Natasha Lennard
(Shutterstock)

Natasha Lennard