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prison: Jail Break 2013: Already something of a criminal célèbre in the mold of the French gangster Jacques Mesrine, Redoine Faid landed...; Payback 2013: Debtors’ prisons, officially abolished in the U.S. in the 1833, are making a comeback. According to the ACLU,...; George Bidwell & Emmanuel Levinas Faithful Friends; Withdrawal Symptoms 1954 / Los Angeles; Henry David Thoreau Declines the Honor 1849 / Concord, MA; Daniel Alarcón Introduces the Candidates 2011 / Lima; No Sex in the Prison Library c. 1965 / San Quentin, CA; I Love You, but I Must Be Frank 1967 / San Quentin, CA; Force-Feeding 1910 / Liverpool; Break on Through to the Other Side 2011: In what can only be seen as a stunning breach of security, over 400 Taliban prisoners escaped from...; Uncle Joe “Medvedev Blasts Stalin Defenders,” BBC News, Oct. 30, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made an outspoken attack...; Ever Been in a Turkish Prison? “Transport Company Loses Inmate on Way to Philly,” Associated Press, Feb. 5, 2009. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A private...; Penal Pageantry “Executions and Death Sentences in United States Dropped in 2008, Report Finds,” The New York Times, Dec. 11,...