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Articles by Brian McKenna

Michigan’s Abu Ghraib? Teaching Anthropology inside a Women’s Prison, On the Edge of a $100 Million Sex Abuse Scandal

Brian McKenna

Every prison has a story. At the Robert Scott Correctional Facility, in Michigan, the women were not allowed to touch one another or risk a "major misconduct." Sharing, even a small piece of candy, was against prison policy and women were written up for lending a smoke.

Surveillance ...