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• Lawsuit: conditions dire in Philly jails--The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 16, 2021
• American women need to go on strike--The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 4, 2021
• Mail is a lifeline for incarcerated people. Why is Pennsylvania blocking it?--The Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 15, 2021
• Public defender says Philly jails are ‘cruel and callous,’ and violate clients’ rights​--The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 3, 2021
• Lifer James Taylor deserves clemency by Judith Trustone--The Swarthmorean, May 14, 2021
• Gov. Wolf joins city and state officials in pledging to address gun violence in Philadelphia--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2021​
• Another assault at Philly jail leaves a man on life support and staff and prisoners warning of a crisis--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2021
• Police in Philly and beyond are struggling with a shortage of police recruits and a surge in retirements--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2021

James Muhammed Taylor

• Legalize cannabis for adult use in Pennsylvania​--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2021
• Court changes course on minors who murder--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2021
• N.J., female inmates reach $21M pact--The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8, 2021
• High vaccine rate at 2 prisons offering $25--Spotlight PA--The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2021
• ​From prison to podcast: ‘Suave’ explores the friendship between a journalist and a juvenile lifer on MSNBC
• Bill Ending Mandatory Minimums Now Covers All Nonviolent Crimes
• Creativity in Confinement: Incarcerated Artists respond to brutal conditions in unexpected, expansive ways.--
  The Atlantic, Feb. 18, 2021.
• Bring Back the Nervous Breakdown: It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.--
  ​The Atlantic, Feb. 8, 2021

• ​The nation’s oldest juvenile lifer, Joe Ligon, left a Pa. prison after 68 years--The Philadelphia Inquirer, ​​​​Feb. 11, 2021
• ‘They don’t deserve to die in prison’: Gov. Wolf grants clemency to 13 lifers--The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Feb. 11, 2021
• ​Dozens suspended at N.J. prison amid accusations of abuse against women inmates--NewJersey.com, Jan. 25, 2021
• Rage, fear, and the 2020 election--The Swarthmorean​--Letter to the Editor by Judith Trustone
  ​Study: Men Pay Dangerous Price for 'Masculinity'— Denying emotions tied to increased depression, isolation, suicide risk--​MedPage Today
• Lifer awaiting commutation dies of COVID--​The Philadelphia Inquirer 
• Are the Hopi Prophecies coming true in Nepal?--The Swarthmorean, ​2015

Oldest Juvenilve lifer, Joe Ligon. Photo courtesy of Jessica Griffin, The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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