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Haley Cohen Gilliland

Aug 7, 2020

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VOICES FROM INSIDE THE SYSTEM

‘I Don’t Think Anyone Grows Up Wanting to Be a Prison Guard’

A corrections officer reflects on 15 years of working among incarcerated people

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Voices From Inside the System is a new GEN series where we interview people who have had firsthand experience in industries with especially fraught…

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