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Cages in the Coalfields

Loaded on Nov. 30, 2022 by Judah Schept published in Prison Legal News December, 2022, page 20
Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Rural Prisons. Location: Kentucky.

A growing carceral state has slowly replaced the coal industry in large swaths of Central Appalachia. But even here, a different future is possible.

by Judah Schept

Mitch Whitaker wants to be able to hunt with his birds. A certified “master falconer,” he hunts throughout the year with raptors on ...

 

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