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| Photos from prisoners reveal what public never sees |
| By clarionledger.com - Jerry Mitchell |
| Published: 10/13/2014 |
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The state Department of Corrections bars inmates from being interviewed by reporters. So do private prisons, which also refuse to release prison records and videos, saying they are not required to follow Mississippi's public records law, even though they house those convicted in state court and receive $79 million in taxpayer money. "Prison walls don't just keep prisoners from getting out," said Alex Friedmann, managing editor of the Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center. "They keep the public from looking in. One reason why our prison system is chronically overcrowded, dysfunctional and abusive is because people rarely get to see — and understand — what prisons are really like." It is perhaps ironic that cellphones, considered contraband in prisons, have enabled inmates to do what officials have blocked for decades — give the public glimpses inside the walls. Read More. |
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