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Stories by The Crime Report staff and nationwide network of contributors.

The death last month of Woodfox, a celebrated prison author who spent 42 years in solitary confinement for the murder of an Angola prison guard, evokes a poignant tribute from a former inmate who claims another prisoner confessed the murder to him.

Corrections authorities have been making changes to prison environments that challenge the stereotyped image of “cages” for human beings — facilities like Las Colinas Detention Center for Women in San Diego. But leading prison designers tell TCR’s Maria DiLorenzo that the changes haven’t gone far enough.