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Inside the 'con code', the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence

VANCOUVER — In a Surrey, B.C., pretrial centre, an inmate is goaded into fighting his cellmate — dubbed a "rat" by fellow ...

Why the unwritten rules of the 'con code' could be fuelling prison violence

The "con code," a set of unwritten rules among inmates, could be behind attacks behind bars. But advocates say Canadian ...
WRAL

Inmates are learning to code in prison. Jobs may be hard to come by

CNN — (CNN) — Graduation day dawns sunny and warm for the first day of November, but the weather hardly matters for the joint MIT-Georgetown coding class, which takes place at the Correctional ...
fox17online

Cracking the Code to Success: How one nonprofit is changing the purpose of prison

“You know, one of the rules that we have in our class is when you were in here, you were not in prison, you were at a job and you were learning how to how to code software. So, we really try to change ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

The 'prison code': What it is and why attacks behind bars are rising

Prison advocates say an unwritten “prison code” is fuelling a sharp rise in attacks behind bars. Canadian Press reporter ...