Life behind bars
The padlocked, yet often productive, lives of prisoners in America
![Inmates serving a jail sentence make a phone call at Maricopa County's Tent City jail in Phoenix July 30, 2010.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hYvNWNHzh7nKmYkVG5q5p6-415-80.jpg)
published
To continue reading this article...
Create a free account
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
register for free
Already have an account? Sign in
Subscribe to The Week
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Subscribe & Save
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Unlimited website access is included with Digital and Print + Digital subscriptions.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aaXTbD8JCayt6BR3CGwFWf-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3DbYd3BYxpDrBZAbCFfiAb-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vvMj4QNuDV4mWmtAbotGMW-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PMPaSR9GE7BoGoaq4qNnVJ-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XgoedwSekxYemuNDS9n8ZQ-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Joshua Lott))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SnM3QVTjbXhvdnAveYBJmS-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mike Segar))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Q8jLr3FPPmUbUsuaCfcXuD-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4gPiGLspcw6vpah23Ajo2j-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VwiMnRWRmP93xecQyScwXT-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mark Makela))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Jeq83ZDWrCsrXxmchNfxod-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GBvso7qYxRHevdVoFBaASE-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni))
![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cgUNV7tCDN38haSFCho3bR-415-80.jpg)
(Image credit: (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith))
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.
-
Why is China stockpiling resources?
The Explainer The superpower has been amassing huge reserves of commodities at great cost despite its economic downturn
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
-
Paraguay's dangerous dalliance with cryptocurrency
Under The Radar Overheating Paraguayans are pushing back over power outages caused by illegal miners
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
-
The Week contest: Tattoo prediction
Puzzles and Quizzes
By The Week US Published