Prison Catwalk

Mexican Prisons: Focus on the Family

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June 11th 2009
Although there is no one way to describe any prison, my experiences over the past two years have led me to believe that there are two very different types of incarceration in the United States. On one side of the spectrum are prisons like Stateville Correctional in Jessup, Illinois, which punishes inmates by placing them in Orwellian-style panopticon cellhouses with little-to-no focus on rehabilit ... read more

North America » Mexico » Tamaulipas » Nuevo Laredo

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The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more