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  1. Russia’s prison population falls as #convicts are sent to war

    #Russia's #prison population decreased by more than 180,000 #inmates over 5 years, driven by Moscow’s recruitment of prisoners to fight in #Ukraine

    Arkady Gostev, head of Russia’s Federal #Penitentiary Service, said Russia now holds 282,000 prisoners , down from 465,000 at the end of 2021, according to state media. The decrease amounts to nearly 40%.

    kyivindependent.com/russias-pr

    #RussianForces #mobilisation #RussianAggression

  2. Haunted WV Penitentiary: Top 10 Most Violent Prison in the United States

    Built in 1866, just across the road from the ancient and sacred Grave Creek Mound, the West Virginia Penitentiary feels less like a structure and more like something that grew out of the earth—fed by it, shaped by it, and perhaps still tethered to whatever energy lingers beneath. Decommissioned in 1995, the prison carries a reputation that clings to you long after you leave. Some say the inmates never truly did. We visited on a low, gray day, the sky pressing down as if it, too, […]

    kandiblaze.wordpress.com/2026/

  3. Interesting article by Nathalie Rech about Black women performing domestic work while incarcerated at Angola penitentiary (La.) during Jim Crow just got published open access: doi.org/10.1017/S0147547922000

    #history #histodons #blackwomen #prison #Angola #AngolaPenitentiary #penitentiary #JimCrow #DomesticWork #incarceration #louisiana