Elderly men sentenced to life in prison reflect on the reality of ‘hope’ and growing old behind bars

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...
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'It is not for the weak': People who work in prisons are opening up about what prison life actually looks like

Content warning: Discussions of abuse and sexual assault. 1."I worked in a state prison for 26 years. What I've learned is that 1) Respect works both ways. 2) Listening is more important than talking.
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26 Ex-Inmates Share How Prison Is Different From What People Outside Of It Imagine

Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost everything. In reality, a lot of what people believe about prison is a mix of myths ...
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My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’

I saw first hand how prisons are having to use segregation units for acutely mentally ill inmates who should not be in prison at all ...