We see how glimpses of life behind bars are going viral on social media, talk to Piper Kerman about creating Orange is the New Black and meet a man on a mission to get books behind bars. We also learn about the underground economy of solitary confinement.

This episode originally ran on March 9, 2023.

Inside Story is a first-of-its-kind series created to engage with and bring information to one of America’s largest news deserts — its prisons and jails. The series from The Marshall Project was developed by formerly incarcerated people, including host Lawrence Bartley and director Donald Washington, Jr.

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