- News & Features, Deanna Isaacs on Culture, May 23, 2012
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Is this painting an early work by celebrated artist Peter Doig?
Local dealer Peter Bartlow thinks he has a treasure; Doig says no.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 22, 2012
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Tamms prison employees getting pink slips
Plus: a new report from the John Howard Association details the effects of Tamms-style solitary on inmates' health
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, "No No Man (Part Two)"
A posthumous 1992 release by Seattle poet Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, the anti-Thax Douglas
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 8, 2011
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The misunderstood sex offender
William's crime isn’t sympathetic, but among sex offenses it isn’t an anomaly. Why aren't the laws tailored to him?
- News & Features, Sidebar, Dec 1, 2011
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The reefer solution
Legislation from state Rep. La Shawn Ford would reform marijuana laws
- You Are Here, Chicagoans, Oct 6, 2011
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Patrick Gleason, ex-con and actor
"I put on one of my pistols that I always carried. It was second nature: I got dressed, I put on my gun." -Patrick Gleason
- Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2011
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A Prison Visit on Mother's Day
A mother plans on spending Mother's Day with her son, who's imprisoned at Menard Correctional Facility.
- Reader, Matches blog, Mar 4, 2011
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A Voice Like The Last Day of Catholic School
Breaking out of your self made prison is way easier than breaking out of a federal one, even if you have tiger blood
- Reader, Matches blog, Sep 29, 2010
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A Second Rate Imitation, Watered Down Simulation
Back and forth and then back and then forth again. Circles kinda make me dizzy and I can't think clearly when I'm dizzy.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2010
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O Rod Of My Anger, The Chair In Whose Hand Is My Indignation!
Lillie Cyns puts the fear of God into her captor
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 25, 2010
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The Prisoner of Sex
Bellboy or belle?
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 2, 2009
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The Principal Story
Local Oscar nominee Tod Lending's documentary "The Principal Story" showcases success stories at struggling schools. It screens Tuesday 11/3 at No Exit Café.
- News & Features, Letters, Mar 14, 1996
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Birth of the C-numbers
- News & Features, Feature, Feb 15, 1996
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No Mercy
In 1967, when Robert Hudson was sentenced for murder, parole was considered part of the deal. But times have changed, and the state's called off the deal.
- News & Features, Feature, Aug 24, 1989
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Kill-Crazed Animal?
Why is William Heirens still in prison? How did he get there to begin with?
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