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12:08 PM, May 6th, 2013
Zoom A group of photographers and artists asked inmates at Illinois’s Tamms Supermax Prison to request one image of anything in the world, real or imagined—and then they photographed it. Here are the powerful results.   (Photo via Creative Time Reports, photo by Chris Murphy, 2012.)

A group of photographers and artists asked inmates at Illinois’s Tamms Supermax Prison to request one image of anything in the world, real or imagined—and then they photographed it.

Here are the powerful results.  

(Photo via Creative Time Reports, photo by Chris Murphy, 2012.)

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12:35 PM, June 26th, 2012
I had the top bunk and would roll down on early mornings and notice the picture of his child on the dresser. You don’t sleep well knowing your child will never know you as a free man.
Dwayne Betts, a former teenage carjacker, reflects on Miller v. Alabama, the Supreme Court ruling that strikes down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for people under 18 years old. 
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3:00 PM, November 15th, 2011
…many folks are conjuring up different kinds of retributive punishments for him to suffer—punishments dished out at the hands of his future fellow prisoners; preferably by a huge dude named Bubba.
Mansfield Frazer on what will happen to Sandusky in prison, if convicted (hint: no one named Bubba will be involved, probably). 
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12:48 PM, July 7th, 2011
Zoom An impressive fit: the Mexican inmate whose wife tried to smuggle him out of prison in a suitcase.

An impressive fit: the Mexican inmate whose wife tried to smuggle him out of prison in a suitcase.

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3:00 PM, June 23rd, 2011
An experienced, old-school convict would not have robbed a bank for $1 as Verone did; they, instead, would have heaved a brick through the front window of their local Post Office, a crime that’s guaranteed to result in a federal judge giving out a buffalo. For those unfamiliar with the argot, a “buffalo” is a “nickel” uh, five years? Plenty of time to get healthy.

Earlier this week a man robbed a bank for $1 just to get access to health care through the federal prison system. The stunt worked: James Verone is now receiving medical services for a growth on his chest, two ruptured disks, and a problem with his left foot. But he’ll likely get less than a year’s time, in which case he’s said he’ll rob again.

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