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Beth Schwartzapfel

Crime

Modern-Day Slavery in America's Prison Workforce

Inmates work for hours each day and yet have no labor rights.

Beth Schwartzapfel The American Prospect May 2014 25min Permalink

No Country for Innocent Men

Why it took more than a decade for the posthumous pardon of Tim Cole, even after another inmate confessed to the brutal crime that put Cole away.

Beth Schwartzapfel Mother Jones Jan 2012 Permalink