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Last Week Tonight on the prison-industrial complex

John Oliver breaks down the prison-industrial complex in this darkly comic and well-researched piece of editorial journalism. Also: singing muppets. h/t @didacticmatt

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Alcatraz: America’s Toughest Prison (1977)

Alcatraz: America’s Toughest Prison unfolds the fascinating history of this legendary federal prison established to house the nation’s most notorious criminals. Situated on an island surrounded by the shark-infested waters of the San Francisco Bay, the facility incarcerated 1,545 men … Continue reading

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They were cheap and available

On 20 August 1947 Gerhard Rose, one of Germany’s most respected physicians, stood in the prisoner’s dock at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, awaiting his sentence for “murders, tortures, and other atrocities committed in the name of medical … Continue reading

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