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Prison Reporting: Tips, Sources and Documents
Prendergast provides tips on writing prison stories such as: where to find unusual sources, inside and outside prisons; different kinds of prison stories (medical, business and politics can all be possibilities); and information trails that may lead you to budgets, labor relations files and coroner's reports - all having to do with prisons and great starting points for stories.
Tags: Criminal justice; prisons; private prisons; health care
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The Big Picture of the Big House
This tipsheet shows how to find out how many people are in prisons, what it costs, and who they are.