Prisons

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  • The war on drugs

    Prisons, profiling and propaganda: Salon's coverage of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal-substance abuse and the drug trade.
    May 2, 2000

  • The art of crime

    Ex-con and man of letters Edward Bunker discusses his new memoir, "Education of a Felon," and life as an upstanding citizen.
    By Stephen Lemons April 24, 2000

  • Victoria's penitentiary

    Lingerie or weapon? Off with the underwire bra if you want to go behind bars.
    By Linda Robertson March 20, 2000

  • The bad seed-victim debate

    Is the public tiring of the crackdown on kids?
    By Fiona Morgan March 3, 2000

  • Texas' death-row peep show

    The state doesn't just hold a record for executions -- it proudly posts online the macabre details of hundreds of convicts' last suppers and final words.
    By Donna Ladd February 4, 2000

  • Black like who?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal may be a symbol of racism to the celebrity set, but to most black people, he's just a scary character who probably got what he deserved.
    By Debra Dickerson December 21, 1999

  • The roots of a hostage crisis

    The angry Cuban detainees in Louisiana are just some of the illegal immigrants trapped in the INS's permanent limbo.
    By Robert Bryce and Lisa Tozzi December 20, 1999

  • "The Green Mile"

    Tom Hanks and a sparkling cast squeeze Stephen King's story for surprisingly effective Hollywood melodrama.
    By Andrew O'Hehir December 10, 1999

  • Guarding their silence

    Prisoners' rights advocates say a code of silence among prison guards led to the acquittal of the officers charged with arranging the rape of an inmate.
    By Christian Parenti November 22, 1999

  • Louder than words

    George W. Bush, who refuses to answer questions about his own drug use, slashed drug rehabilitation programs for inmates while ushering in tougher sentencing laws.
    By Robert Bryce August 24, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Schoolyard cowboys don't know guns aren't toys; don't let a man (even Updike) pick the best romances.
    Letters to the Editor June 8, 1999

  • Three strikes and you're in

    California's Democratic governor and Legislature fight each other over whether to build a new prison.
    By Anthony York June 1, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Waldron's baby wasn't "nursed to death"; readers clash on condom ban.
    Letters to the Editor May 27, 1999

  • Crime school

    Does prosecuting teenagers as adults make society safer?
    By Fiona Morgan May 26, 1999

  • A conversation with Jonathan Pollard

    A conversation with Jonathan Pollard: Betrayed by Gingrich and Netanyahu, the convicted spy for Israel blasts the politics behind his latest failed hope for clemency.
    By Walter Ruby November 30, 1998

  • Word up

    Two new films, 'Slamnation' and 'Slam,' celebrate -- and exaggerate -- the power of spoken word"
    By Hank Hyena October 23, 1998

  • Slaves to the system

    For vast numbers of women behind bars, prison is a hell of sexual terror.
    By Nina Siegel September 1, 1998

  • Inside the new high-tech lock-downs

    Prison gadgetry promises to save money and reduce overcrowding -- but at what cost?
    By Jim Rendon August 30, 1998

  • Mondo Weirdo

    The meanest rat in Malaysia
    October 14, 1997
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