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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 [...]
Jul
The Great Escape: Alcatraz’s Unsolved Mystery
On the night of June 11, 1962, three inmates at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary executed an [...]
Jun
Pelican Bay Hunger Strikes: A Fight Against Solitary Confinement
Pelican Bay State Prison, situated on the remote, rugged northern coast of California, is notorious [...]
Jun
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 [...]
Jun
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.”
Available now on STARZ
