prisoners
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The troupe operated from 1958 through 1965, making it the first extended prison theater program in the U.S. launched by prisoners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Over the past 50 years, all prisoners who received death sentences were convicted of murder, though capital punishment was also used for rape convictions before that.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Sedatives don’t always work, and there is good reason to believe that some prisoners suffer; Ms. Pike actually told us so.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Weaving together material adapted from several ancient Greek sources, Ferdia Lennon’s novel is a tragicomic reimagining of the experience of Athenian prisoners captured during the disastrous Sicilian Expedition of 415-13 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
On April 12, 1945, when the German guards fled from the Red Army as it approached the concentration camp, Nina and her fellow prisoners cut the lock off the gate and let themselves out.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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