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Michael Fischer

Michael Fischer is a graduate student in Chicago and a mentor for incarcerated authors through the Pen-City Writers program.

Inmates work on staining cabinet doors at the Habitat for Humanity Prison Build at the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Best of 2018: An inmate’s guide to earning 24 cents an hour

Michael Fischer
Inmates work on staining cabinet doors at the Habitat for Humanity Prison Build at the Ionia Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

The economics behind the prison strike: An inmate’s guide to earning 24 cents per hour

Michael Fischer