The Prison Newspaper
Criminal
The History of Prison Publications and the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union
The first prison newspaper, called the Prison News, began in the early 1900s as a hobby craft./nGovernment officials and prison leaders wrote articles for the prison newspaper, while prisoners wrote anonymous editorials./nThere is a lost history of unauthorized prison publications./nDr. Amanda Bell Hewitt is researching and writing a book about mass incarceration in North Carolina./nThe North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union started in 1973 and received a $14,000 grant.
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