BY: ELIJAH BASSETT When you think of prison, the first image that comes to mind probably isn’t a book club. But some Canadian prisons are doing just that, with the help of an organization called Book Clubs for Inmates. So…
This secret prison in America proves that we haven’t learned from our past.
BY: M. TOMOSKI Illustration by: Ryan Garcia / The Plaid Zebra It’s a fine line to walk between tin-foil hats and hard facts whenever you hear the words “the government is hiding something.” In most cases, these are the people who…
How this phone line is helping victims of revenge porn
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s been just over a year since the first revenge porn helpline was launched in the UK. The helpline comes as a result of a strong push towards fighting revenge porn—the act of sharing explicit photos online…
Photos show that zoos are more like animal prisons than a conservation effort
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Photos: Gaston Lacombe The last time I visited a zoo, I got this weird feeling in the pit of my stomach. Between visions of children gawking, and snotty teens smacking the helpless animals’ glass enclosures it felt…
In Thailand, violent prisoners can prize fight to reduce their life sentences
BY: DANIEL KORN PHOTOS BY: Aaron Joel Santos The prisoners of Thailand’s Klong Prem jail are murderers, gangsters, and drug traffickers. They’re also, occasionally, Muay Thai fighters. In prisons all around Thailand, the more physically-able convicts are given the opportunity…
Norway’s prison island treats inmates like they’re at a resort
BY: MATTHEW CHIN When I think of prison, I think of orange jumpers, hands and ankles shackled together with the chains scraping against the concrete floor and the terrible sound of rattling jail cells as batons graze against the metal…
K6G is the LGBTQ-friendly ward inside one of America’s most notorious jails
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Inside LA County Sheriff’s Men’s Central Jail, the K6G ward provides a safe haven for gay and transgendered inmates. The gay ward was created after a 1985 lawsuit where the jail came under scrutiny for the high…