Life Inside, Remixed: Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement

During a two-year stint in New York state prisons, Matthew Azzano reported on the ingenious means males in segregated housing models commerce treasured commodities resembling snacks, stamps and cleaning soap. They tie this stuff onto “fishing” traces they’ve made out of ripped sheets, towels and garments and toss them from cell to cell.

“Human survival has all the time trusted our capability to cooperate creatively,” says Azzano. “You actually need to suppose outdoors the field.”

This essay, animated by Xaver Böhm and voiced by Azzano, is a part of “Inside Story,” The Marshall Undertaking’s groundbreaking video collection distributed on-line and in correctional amenities throughout the U.S.

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