Louisiana Incarcerated
A multi-part series exploring Louisiana’s role as “the world’s prison capital.”
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Arresting Development: How Texas was able to close a prison.
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Behind Bars: How Louisiana’s incarceration rate became the highest in the world.
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A Trade in Prisoners: The link between rural economies and the prison system.
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An Economic Machine: How private business benefits from prisons.
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Throwing Away the Key: Who gets rehabilitated?
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Locked In: Why prison reform is so difficult.
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Unusual Punishment: How mandatory sentencing laws keep prisons full.
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No Way Out: Hundreds wait as pardons pile up on the Governor's desk.
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Hitting Home: The disproportionate impact of the prison system on certain neighborhoods.
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Rough Re-Entry: The difficult life back on the outside.
