The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio
Filed 1:00 p.m. EDT 04.12.2026 Hattie Ellis was poised for post-prison fame. Then she encountered shotcallers who didn’t value her ...
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Mac Dre Used Jail Phones to Record an Album — And Fight the System
Filed 1:00 p.m. EDT 04.05.2026 In his signature trickster style, the Vallejo, California, rapper recorded an album on jail phones ...
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Is the Psychopath Test Junk Science?
One of the most enduring ideas about crime — and violence more broadly — is that a lot of it ...
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