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They Thought They Were Leaving Prison Early. Then They Werenโ€™t.

In 2025, Oregon reduced hundreds of sentences. Then they added time back. The chaos caused confusion and false hope.

This article first appeared on Prison Journalism Project. Last October, Dylan Sanchez received some of the most exciting news one can receive in prison: He would become a free man sooner than expected. Instead of leaving his Oregon prison in 2030, as mandated by his original sentence, he would now be released 10 months earlier, […]

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Justice for All (except Kanye)

It wasn’t Kanye West’s most (in)famous bit of public speaking. New Orleans wasn’t sinking and, well, most of America wasn’t even paying attention. But when West interrupted last November’s MTV Europe Music Awards to un-ironically proclaim that his clip for “Touch the Sky” should’ve won the fête’s Best Video Prize, plenty within the pop community […]

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