A little over sixty years ago, there were 250 prison newspapers being published on a regular basis. Today, there are 26. We visit Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina to meet Phillip Vance Smith, II, the editor of The Nash News.Learn more about the American Prison Newspapers digitization project <a href="https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/american-prison-newspapers/?searchkey=1688136127159">here</a>. Listen to more of Fresh Air’s interview with Angolite editor Wilbert Rideau <a href="https://www.npr.org/2010/04/26/126217412/doing-time-and-doing-good-in-la-s-angola-prison">here</a>. Special thanks to Terry Gross and Fresh Air, which is produced at NPR member station WHYY and distributed by NPR. Say hello on <a href="https://twitter.com/CriminalShow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/">Instagram</a>. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd">The Accomplice</a>. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: <a href="http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=222e220f7c&e=08e90c50c7">iTunes.com/CriminalShow</a>.Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, and members-only merch. <a href="https://thisiscriminal.com/plus">Learn more and sign up here</a>.Listen back through our archives at <a href="http://youtube.com/criminalpodcast">youtube.com/criminalpodcast</a>.We also make <a href="https://thisislovepodcast.com/">This is Love</a> and <a href="https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/">Phoebe Reads a Mystery</a>.Artwork by <a href="http://www.yssrs.com/">Julienne Alexander</a>. Check out <a href="https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/">our online shop</a>.Episode transcripts are posted on <a href="https://thisiscriminal.com/">our website</a>. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

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