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'How to Kill a Cop': Death, Despair and Corruption in California's Most Violent Prison

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The warden of New Folsom Prison, a broad-shouldered, middle-aged man with short brown hair, stands in front of a road during a press tour. He is wearing a bright salmon-colored shirt and a dark suit with a patterned tie, looking into the distance with a serious expression. The prison’s chain link fence is visible in the background, along with other attendees, some taking notes. The ‘On Our Watch’ logo is in the top-left corner.

BONUS: 'More Work to Be Done' | S2: New Folsom

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Image of a prison guard tower. In the foreground, a gray concrete wall topped with barbed wire transitions into a chain-link fence on the right, also crowned with barbed wire. In the right third of the frame, a prominent five-sided dark blue guard tower ascends into a cloudless deep blue sky. The top of the tower widens into a control room covered with reflective windows.

BONUS: Sukey on NPR’s The Sunday Story | S2: New Folsom

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Portrait of California State Senator Nancy Skinner, a white, middle-aged woman with chin-length brown hair. She is smiling and wearing a gray blazer over a purple top with a necklace. She is standing outside in front of an out-of-focus building. The background surrounding the portrait is blurred with gradient colors from blue to green. The text 'ON OUR WATCH' is written in the lower-left corner.

BONUS: Right to Know | S2: New Folsom

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A side-by-side image of Jesse Vasquez on the left and Rahsaan Thomas on the right. Jesse Vasquez, who has a shaved head and is wearing a light blue checkered shirt, is seated outdoors with greenery in the background. Rahsaan Thomas, who has a goatee and is wearing a red "Ear Hustle" T-shirt, is standing outside, smiling, with trees and a clear sky behind him. Both are formerly incarcerated journalists. The words "On Our Watch" are visible in the lower left corner of Jesse's photo.

BONUS: “The Prison Beat” | S2: New Folsom

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Composite photo showing two women: Mary Inman on the left, smiling with short, curly hair, wearing glasses on top of her head, and a dark jacket; Poppy Alexander on the right, smiling with shoulder-length hair, wearing a dark blazer, sitting with hands clasped. Both are partners at the whistleblower law firm Whistleblower Partners, LLP.

BONUS: The Whistleblower Playbook | S2: New Folsom

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A Latino man, middle-aged with a graying goatee, gazes directly into the camera amidst a warehouse backdrop. He sports a black and red San Francisco 49ers cap and a dark blue windbreaker jacket adorned with a logo reading 'Generation Pool Plastering.' In the blurred background, a green warehouse vehicle and various boxes and supplies are visible.

8. Last Stand | S2: New Folsom

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A screenshot of prison surveillance footage shows a gray room with a cement floor. On the right side of the image sits a Latino man in a gray shirt and white shorts with a goatee and a buzz cut, or shaved head. His legs are chained to the metal desk he’s sitting at, and he’s staring across the room towards the left of the image. Positioned around him at regular intervals are six more chair-desk combos as well as metal dividers between them.

7. “We Don’t Do Coincidence” | S2: New Folsom

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A young Latino man with short black hair, a mustache and tattoos on his neck and face looks at the camera. He has his arm around his mother, a youthful-looking middle-aged Latina woman with platinum blonde hair. His cheek is pressed to the side of her head and they’re both smiling with mouths closed. They are standing in front of several parked cars and a brown building with graffiti on a metal roll-up door.

6. The Day Room | S2: New Folsom

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