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MAGAZINE

The New Mexico Prison Riot: A Dark Chapter in Correctional History

In the annals of American prison history, few events cast a shadow as dark as [...]

The Great Escape: Alcatraz’s Unsolved Mystery

On the night of June 11, 1962, three inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary executed an [...]

Pelican Bay Hunger Strikes: A Fight Against Solitary Confinement

Pelican Bay State Prison, situated on the remote, rugged northern coast of California, is notorious [...]

The Killing of Officer Scott Williams: A Tragedy at USP Lompoc

In the quiet, rolling hills of California, nestled within a landscape that belies its grim [...]

Seth’s documentary “White Boy.”

In 1980s Detroit, 17-year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug-dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of “White Boy Rick.”

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