Howard Zehr photographed and interviewed Pennsylvania prisoners with life sentences in the 90s and returned 25 years later to find out how their perspectives on their sentences changed.
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Philadelphia’s City Council is attempting to pass a bill to replace the House of Correction located at 8001 State Rd., which currently houses 1,500 inmates. Plans are to replace the facility, which opened in 1927, with a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/23120859] As one of his last acts as governor, the former prosecutor Ed Rendell commuted the life sentences of three men–one more than he had commuted during his entire eight years as governor. In their [continue reading…]
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