Seth Ferranti
Two decades into my sentence and one decade clean, I'm embarking on a drug program with 130 other men who are close to release. No one wants to come back here. But the route to recovery is harder behind bars. MORE
Strip searches are routine for prisoners, but prison guards see it as a breach of rights. MORE
Prison officials say "virtual visitation" could curb the flow of drugs inside. But at what cost to prisoners? MORE
Prisons have become a "job fair" for aspiring drug traffickers, an inmate tells The Fix. MORE
A prisoner explains how inmates can make a killing selling tobacco for up to 120X its worth. MORE
ChapSticks play an important role in distributing weed behind bars, prisoners tell The Fix. MORE
You have to be resourceful to light up behind bars these days. A prisoner tells The Fix how it's done. MORE
Gambling addiction is frequently lethal—in most cases through suicide. I spent years in a prison cell with a good friend who became another kind of victim. And I never saw it coming. MORE
The drug-dealing white supremacists can project power far beyond prison walls, as The Fix recently reported. MORE
Prisoners will bet on "anything and everything" to get a thrill, an inmate tells The Fix. MORE
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A clumsy robber is busted two days later when cops see through his transparent ruse.
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A pastor receives threats after alerting police to "drug addicted behavior" around his Upper East Side church.
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"Chu" faces prison after spending millions of taxpayers' yuan on an online role-playing game.
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With the government turning a blind eye to a growing "national disaster," religious groups put aside their differences to help.
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A group of Beverly Hills moms say marijuana makes them better wives and parents.
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