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I watch him deposit his belongings onto the table.\ The warm weathered hands separate\ with ritualistic meaning.\ Four white articles fall o…
ABC PLEASE
The skill you use when nothing is on fire — so that less of it catches.
Intake
It was an uncomfortably warm early afternoon as I arrived in Shelton, Washington DOC's classification facility for men. I, seated in a cage…
Fewer Cells, Bigger Bills
A closer look at the Washington Department of Corrections — what it holds, what it costs, and what it was built to do.
One Year
A year out. A year of counting time in the right direction. A year of the same people showing up.
STOP
The four-letter pause, and what each letter actually asks of you.
The Economics of Ramen
The most stable currency in American corrections is a packet of noodles.
Mass Incarceration, by the Numbers
What the data actually says about American incarceration — and why Washington isn't the exception it thinks it is.
It Was There You Lived
A. You got the ending you expected. It was fine. You died. B. You worked for something a bit more than fine. This led to a few complications…
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