The factors that make up the horror that is the American prison system includes the ineptitude of the poorly underfunded public defenders. It is estimated that public defenders take on 1000 clients per year (more than 3 per day, every…
California’s prisoners are fighting wildfires for reduced prison sentences
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA The tree line recedes behind a scorched hillside; the smell of charred timber hanging above the burned-0ver land. For California’s professional firefighters, the smell might remind them that the state is drying up. But for the…
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…