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Iranian Prisons: A Monopoly of Power and Drugs Iran’s prisons hold thousands of death row inmates who are waiting for their freedom. In this place of great suffering and inhumanity, a large trade thrives. This trade is driven by the prisoners’ blood and pain, involving power and drugs. A recent report from Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, has been leaked. This prison, which holds over 16,000 inmates and operates like a closed-off city, is controlled by a powerful mafia. This mafia sets and controls the prices for food and drugs. According to female prisoners in Tabriz (West...

Deep in the hills of Appalachia is a land of beauty laced with heavy dr*g abuse. In some of these communities up to 50% of the 20-40 year olds are addicted to hard dr*gs creating a generation of children being raised by grandparents. Join me and the locals as we travel into the hills of Eastern Kentucky to show you the gravity of this situation, and also introduce you to the people who are creating positive ways out.