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I-"A Human Wasteland In the Name of Justice" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
January 29, 1972
The first article in the Shame of Prisons series is an overview if the major challenges and shortcomings of the ...II-"No. 50061, Inside Maximum Security" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post | Six Days in State Prison Through The Eyes of a 'Murderer'
January 30, 1972
Bagdikian goes undercover as an inmate in central Pennsylvania for six days, after three months of reporting on the ...III-""Bureaucratic Overload Turns Justice to Misery" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
February 1, 1972
The third article in the Shame of Prisons series examines the conditions of jails for those who can't post bail and ...IV-"Female Homosexuality Prevalent" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
February 2, 1972
An article focusing on the condition of American Women's prisons and reformatories. The article covers the subject ...V-"Juvenile Prison: Society's Stigma" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
February 3, 1972
An article about the conditions of the juvenile prison system in the US, focusing on different theories of reform.VI-"Rehabilitation: A Frayed Hope" - Leon Dash - Washington Post
February 4, 1972
An article outlining and examining the effectiveness of various rehabilitation methods for prisoners in the District ...VII-"The Drive for Inmates' Rights" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
February 5, 1972
Looks at the then growing number of civil suits against prison administrators, and the conditions allegedly causing ...VIII-"An Agenda for Reform of a Hell Behind Walls" - Ben Bagdikian - Washington Post
February 6, 1972
Ben H. Bagdikian's personal assessment of DC's corrections department, written at the conclusion of his series on ...I-Walter Reed: "Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration at Army's Top Medical Facility" - Dana Priest and Anne Hull - Washington Post
February 18, 2007
First in a series of articles exposing the poor conditions endured by war veterans at the Walter Reed Army Medical ...II-Walter Reed: "The Hotel Aftermath" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | Inside Mologne House, the Survivors of War Wrestle With Military Bureaucracy and Personal Demons
February 19, 2007
The second installment in The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning series about the Walter Reed Army Medical ...III-Walter Reed: "Hospital Investigates Former Aid Chief" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | Walter Reed Official Had Own Charity
February 20, 2007
The third article in The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning series "The Other Walter Reed" reveals that ...IV-Walter Reed: "'It Is Just Not Walter Reed'" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | Soldiers Share Troubling Stories Of Military Health Care Across U.S.
March 5, 2007
Part of The Washington Post's "The Other Walter Reed" series, this article explores how VA hospitals across the ...Follow-up: Walter Reed - "Soldier Finds Comfort at Dark Journey's End" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post
June 17, 2007
This article focuses PTSD-patient Lt. Sylvia Blackwood and her difficulty getting treatment at Ward 3D East of the ...Follow-up: Walter Reed - "The War Inside" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | Troops Are Returning From the Battlefield With Psychological Wounds, But the Mental-Health System That Serves Them Makes Healing Difficult
June 17, 2007
Part of The Washington Post's "The Other Walter Reed" series. This article focuses on Army Spec. Jeans Cruz, a ...Follow-up: Walter Reed - "A Wife's Battle" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | When Her Soldier Returned From Baghdad, Michelle Turner Picked Up the Burden of War
October 14, 2007
Another article about the mental health of soldiers returning from war, this one focusing on Michelle Turner, the ...Follow-up: Walter Reed: "A Patient Prosecuted" - Dana Priest and Anne Hull - Washington Post | Doctors at Walter Reed say she has a mental disorder. Army superiors say that's just an 'excuse' for her actions.
November 2, 2007
This article is about 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a psychiatric patient at Walter Reed. Although diagnosed with a ...Follow-up: Walter Reed - "Little Relief on Ward 53" - Anne Hull and Dana Priest - Washington Post | At Walter Reed, Care for Soldiers Struggling With War's Mental Trauma Is Undermined by Doctor Shortages and Unfocused Methods
June 18, 2007
This article tells the story of Joshua Calloway, an Army Private First Class who returned from Iraq with PTSD, and ...Follow-up: Walter Reed - "Almost Home, but Facing More Delays at Walter Reed" - Dana Priest and Anne Hull - Washington Post | Errors Slow Disabled Soldier's Retirement
September 15, 2007
This article highlights the inefficiency, disorganization and bureaucracy faced by Walter Reed patients awaiting ...I-"The Black Dispatch" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "The Long, Hot Wait for Pickin' Work"
October 9, 1983
Neil Henry describes his journey from a Washington, D.C. soup kitchen known as SOME House to the "pickin'" fields ...II-"The Black Dispatch'" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "Slim Pickin': Taken for a Ride, Sold 'Like Cattle'"
October 10, 1983III-"The Black Dispatch" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "Half a Day Nets $1.50 and 'Supper'"
October 11, 1983IV-"The Black Dispatch" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "A Wretched Reality of Life in the Fields"
October 12, 1983V-"The Black Dispatch" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "Homeward Bound: Trading Buckets for Bus Tickets: The Northbound Highway Home"
October 13, 1983VI-"The Black Dispatch" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | "Looking for Answers About Workers and Wages"
October 14, 1983I-"Exploring the World of the Urban Derelict" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
April 27, 1980
In this first installment of Neil Henry's series "Down & Out" where he lived as a bum in Baltimore and Washington, ...II-"The Bum's Life in Baltimore" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | Street People Share Secrets of Survival
April 28, 1980
In this second article in his "Down & Out" series, reporter Neil Henry writes about his daily routine while living ...III-'Work!' Brings Cheers at Local 194's Hiring Hall" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
April 29, 1980
In the third article in "Down & Out," Henry writes about the difficulties of finding work for Baltimore's homeless.IV-"Learning the Tricks of Walking a Md. Throwaway Paper Route" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
April 30, 1980
In the fourth article in "Down & Out" series, Henry writes about Johnny, a dignified man who helped him secure a job ...V-"Money Brings a Taste of 'Real Living" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 1, 1980
Neil Henry describes how the bums at Helping-Up mission let loose at the Edison hotel and frequent local peep shows ...VI-"All-Night Cafe: A Classroom on How to Survive" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 2, 1980
Neil Henry writes about the challenges of finding shelter on a freezing night in suburban Baltimore.VII-"Snug Haven But No Sleep at Crisis Center" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 3, 1980
In the seventh installment of his "Down & Out" series for The Washington Post, Neil Henry writes about the night he ...VIII-"In D.C., Raw and Threatening Things" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 4, 1980
Neil Henry arrives in Washington D.C. from Baltimore and soon realizes that he must constantly guard against scams ...IX-"A Washington Winter's Tale: Fear Hunger, Loathing, Abuse" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 5, 1980
In the ninth article in the series "Down & Out," Henry spends a night on heating vent in downtown D.C., only to be ...X-"Tapping 'The Bank'" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 6, 1980
In the tenth article in the series "Down & Out," Henry reveals all the different ways D.C.'s homeless make ends ...XI-"'What's in It for Me?' in Washington" - Neil Henry - Washington Post
May 7, 1980
In the second to last installment of the "Down & Out" series, Neil Henry writes about the strategies and cons of ...XII-"The Music Man" - Neil Henry - Washington Post | Mozart-Playing New Yorker Learns a Secret and Laughs
May 8, 1980
This final article in the "Down & Out" series is a profile of Allie, a bright, multilingual young man Henry met in ...I-"Drug Smuggling and Hot Goods: A Ride on Prison Visitors’ Buses" - Athelia Knight - Washington Post
March 4, 1984
The first in a four-part series on how drugs were smuggled in to Lorton ReformatoryII-"Visitors Make Drug Deliveries to Inmates" - Athelia Knight - Washington Post
March 5, 1984
The second in the series of articles on drug smuggling into Lorton Reformatory.III-"Threat of Violence Haunts Drivers" - Athelia Knight - Washington Post
March 6, 1984
The third article in the Lorton series examines the double lives and dangerous competition between the shuttle bus ...IV-"Officials Differ on Depth of Prison Drug Problem" - Athelia Knight - Washington Post
March 7, 1984
Judges and corrections officials disagree on the severity of the drug problem at Lorton in the conclusion to the ..."Skin Deep; Reliving 'Black Like Me': My Own Journey into the Heart of Race-Conscious America" - Joshua Solomon - Washington Post
October 30, 1994
Joshua Solomon attempts to recreate the experiences of John Howard Griffin's Black Like Me some 34 years later for a ...Ben Bagdikian's and Leon Dash's "The Shame of the Prisons"
1972"Pearls Before Breakfast" - Gene Weingarten - Washington Post
April 8, 2007
At the behest of the Washington Post, a world-class concert violinist dressed in jeans, a t-shirt, and a baseball ...