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New documentary showcases life inside nation's first prison high school

PrisonEducation.com is excited to share news about an upcoming feature-length documentary that delves inside the first-ever high school built inside an adult prison in the United States. Filmmakers Richard O’Connell and Annelise Wunderlich have just completed principal photography on The Corridor, a true-to-life depiction of the world inside Five Keys charter school at San Francisco County Jail. The

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State Inmates to Peddle Artistic Works at Second Annual Crafts Fair

By Margaret Wright A flurry of preparations in a cavernous warehouse on N.M. 14 just south of Santa Fe resembles those for any other fine arts and craftsmanship exposition. There’s the scent of fresh paint and sawdust from workers repairing sections of walls where goods will be displayed. Another crew unpacks boxes of painstakingly fashioned

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Some GPS Devices Capable of Audio Recording

Civil libertarians and prisoner advocacy groups have expressed shock and outrage at the discovery that some Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking devices, used to monitor the movement and whereabouts of many pre-trial defendants, parolees, sex offenders, and other persons, function like cell phones and are capable of recording conversations without the knowledge or consent of

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