Most are drawn with ink in many prisons, prisoners aren't even allowed to have pens, so they must draw with the thin, bendy ink tubes from the inside of pens.
With many prisons already overcrowded and understaffed, inmates with dementia present an especially difficult challenge.
Cassady was familiar with many prisons, including San Quentin.
At every step along the way, whether it's encounters with the police, dealings with prosecutors, hearings in court before judges and juries, or jail terms in one of the nation's many prisons, the system is riddled with corruption, abuse and an appalling disregard for the rights of the citizenry.
Prison cells are often poorly ventilated and house dozens of detainees who, in many prisons, mix all day long with detainees from other cells in enclosed spaces [ 1].
The number of Americans in prison older than 55 is growing at a faster rate than the group's share of the population at large, and many prisons are unprepared to provide them with health care, which can cost as much as nine times more than for younger inmates, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Friday.
In many prisons we've visited, women are jailed with their young.
Religion plays a central role in American prison life, with Islam the most influential in many prisons.
Many prisons in Honduras were constructed decades ago and have been neglected, left crumbling, with poor sanitation and electrical problems.
In America's many, many prisons, book restrictions vary.
