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Over the past several weeks, the podcast series Forgotten Prison has taught listeners a lot about the Alcatraz of Washington state. Despite the rich… -
Browse the selection of prison movies on streaming services, and the contrast is clear.Many people, near and far, know about the Rock. But few — even… -
McNeil Island’s history mirrors American history that unfolded outside the prison walls. And one of its darker chapters collides with the Korean War and… -
McNeil Island prison ran for more than a century in South Puget Sound. A lot of earth-shaking events happened in the outside world during that time, and… -
Put simply, Charles Scanlon is an animal guy.Like many families, the Scanlons had a dog — a German shepherd — that roamed freely during their years living… -
The now-abandoned prison at McNeil Island ran for 136 years. That means the history of the place can tell us a lot about how prisons have changed over… -
McNeil Island opened around the time the state shuttered Seatco Prison, the infamous institution that eventually became known as Hell on Earth. And while… -
Two episodes into the Forgotten Prison podcast, we talk about a place that isn’t a prison at all — at least not technically.Still, the outside of the… -
When McNeil Island prison was operating, one of the first things you’d see when you arrived were huge, wrought iron gates. They were removed from the… -
The man in charge of Washington’s island-lock-up for sexual predators has resigned after two-and-a-half years on the job. Mark Strong submitted his...
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