Women Behind Bars: Silja J.A. Talvi
This is the first of three posts celebrating the work of journalists/academics/photographers bringing to popular conscience the abuse of women in the American prison system. I have called this triplet...
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“Curiosity was the initial spur. Surprise, shock and bewilderment soon took over. Rage propelled me along to the end.” Jane Evelyn Atwood on photographing in women’s prisons. This is the third and...
View ArticlePhotos That Extend the Jailer’s Narrative: Some Thoughts on Arizona’s...
Inmates line up for work early in the morning at Estrella jail. © Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Yesterday, the Guardian ran a gallery of Jim Lo Scalzo‘s photographs of a female chain-gang in Maricopa County...
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