Prisons

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  Feature

  Tamms Is Torture: The Campaign to Close an Illinois Supermax Prison

  May 6, 2013 - 

  In January 2013, Illinois’ Tamms “supermax” prison closed its doors after 15 years of operation, during which hundreds of men were held in solitary confinement indefinitely. Here’s how artists, writers and the families of prisoners shut down the notorious facility.  More

  By Laurie Jo Reynolds and Stephen F. Eisenman

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  Video

  40 Years in Solitary:
  A Prisoner, An Artist, A Dream

  April 15, 2013 - 

  Herman Wallace has been held in a six-by-nine-foot cell, for 23 hours a day, for over 40 years. In a new documentary film, Herman’s House, Angad Bhalla documents an artist’s efforts to visualize the home a prisoner longs for after decades in solitary confinement.  More

  By Angad Bhalla

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  The Guantanamo Effect

  April 1, 2013 - 

  Examining Guantanamo as a military doctrine circulating far beyond the prison itself, artists Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh create an interactive digital archive defining, illustrating and linking key terms and events in the “global war on terror.”  More

  By Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh

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  Photo Gallery

  Supermax Prisons: Views from Above

  February 19, 2013 - 

  With his photographs of super-maximum security prisons, Christoph Gielen reveals architectural features developed to minimize prisoner movement and interaction, while highlighting their structural similarities to suburban developments.  More

  By Christoph Gielen

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  Video

  Warehousing African Migrants in Israel

  February 1, 2013 - 

  With approximately 60,000 African refugees now living in Israel, the Knesset has authorized increasingly draconian measures to detain and deport migrants. Artist Nir Evron showcases the architecture of a new detention center near Israel’s border with Egypt.  More

  By Nir Evron