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Jul 2023
43m 16s

The Prison Newspaper

VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
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A little over sixty years ago, there were 250 prison newspapers being published on a regular basis. Today, there are 26. We visit Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina to meet Phillip Vance Smith, II, the editor of The Nash News. Learn more about the American Prison Newspapers digitization project here. Listen to more of Fresh Air’s interview with ... Show More
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