Rethinking Prison Tourism

Rethinking Prison Tourism

Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts. Visitors walked past cell blocks at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. AARON RICKETTS FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By HOPE CORRIGAN...
How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest

How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest

Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said. Bobby “AJ” Everson was killed at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois in December 2021. Everson had...
The 1990s Law That Keeps People in Prison on Technicalities

The 1990s Law That Keeps People in Prison on Technicalities

How the Supreme Court expanded the most important law you’ve never heard of. By KERI BLAKINGER and BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL Additional reporting by MAURICE CHAMMAH The Lowdown breaks down the rituals and routines of the criminal justice system. If you even half-paid...