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Topic: Prison

Incarcerated fathers line up in tuxedos and pink boutonnieres to wait for the arrival of their daughters for a new tradition at a Lousiana prison: a father-daughter dance. It was a way for families to reconnect with a loved one behind bars and part of a re-entry program for the prisoners. (God Behind Bars)

A brief escape: One night for family

CK Smith
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wants to send citizens to CECOT

Alex Galbraith
Bottles of the generic prescription pain medication Buprenorphine are seen in a pharmacy (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Pregnant, in jail and denied treatment

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Colman Domingo (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Colman Domingo: "Art heals" in prisons

D. Watkins
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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Biden can finally end slavery in America

Deborah N. Archer
Donald Trump and rapper Snoop Dogg perform onstage at the Comedy Central Roast Of Donald Trump at the Hammerstein Ballroom on March 9, 2011 in New York City. (Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Trump's obsessive beef with Snoop Dogg

Nardos Haile
Prison guard gives food to prisoner through metal bars (Getty Images/Evgeniy Shkolenko)

Prison food needs a complete overhaul

C. Dreams - FoodPrint
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin poses for a booking photo after his conviction April 21, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges in the murder of George Floyd. (Minnesota Department of Corrections via Getty Images)

Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison: report

Troy Farah
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US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agents simulate a raid in their Tactical Training Facility, part of the new National Clandestine Laboratory Training and Research Facility December 5, 2008 at the DEA Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia. (TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s time to admit the drug war is over

Troy Farah
An armed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer escorts a condemned inamte at San Quentin State Prison's death row. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California improving prisoner healthcare

Don Thompson - KFF Health News
Sammy Quiles (left) at his college graduation, with the author. (Photo courtesy of Chris Hedges)

After 30 years in prison: Graduation

Chris Hedges
Prison Food (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Female prisoners' relationship with food

Erin Power, Maria Adams, Jon Garland - The Conversation
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Teyana Taylor stars as "Inez de la Paz" in writer/director A.V. Rockwell's "A Thousand And One" (Courtesy of Aaron Ricketts/Focus Features)

Sacrifice needed in "A Thousand and One"

D. Watkins
Studio 111 (Photo illustration by Salon/Photo courtesy of Radical Reversal)

The song that left me speechless

Randall Horton
Woman visiting a prisoner (Getty Images/South_agency)

Our last visit, on death row

Suzanne Craig Robertson
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Will Biden fix our federal prisons?

Austin Sarat
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How prisons could be more humane

Jordan Hyatt, Synøve Nygaard Andersen - The Conversation
Local residents place flowers near the Sandy Hook Elementary School December 15, 2012 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut for the 28 children and faculty shot and killed one day earlier on December 14, 2012. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Gun control is crucial — but not enough

Matthew Albracht
Marc Lamont Hill attends the A3C Conference at the Loudermilk Center on October 7, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images)

Black lives and Black death

D. Watkins
Empty prison hallway (Getty Images)

COVID inmates die asking for release

LJ Dawson - KFF Health News
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Donald Trump (C) delivers remarks with his children (L-R) Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump during the grand opening ceremony of the new Trump International Hotel October 26, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump: Send Don Jr. to jail, not Ivanka

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
Defendant Travis McMichael observes court proceedings during the trial for Ahmaud Arbery's shooting death at the Glynn County Courthouse on November 8, 2021 in Brunswick, Georgia. Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, are charged with the February 2021 slaying of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Arbery killers get life sentence

Brett Bachman
Michael Cohen and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Michael Cohen sues Trump and Barr

Jon Skolnik
Dr. Anthony Fauci during an appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation" (CBS)

Dr. Fauci calls out Ted Cruz over Jan. 6

Brett Bachman
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