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As the United States' prison population has exploded over the past 30 years, a rich, provocative and ever-increasing body of literature has emerged, written eit
America Is the Prison
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In the 1970s, while politicians and activists outside prisons debated the proper response to crime, incarcerated people helped shape those debates though a broa
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A special collection of the best fiction, essays, poetry, and plays from annual PEN Prison Writing contest offers unique insights into the emotions and thoughts