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Mark Power The Channel Islands. Guernsey. From 'Terre a l'Amende', commissioned by the Guernsey Photography Festival. July 2018. © Mark Power | Magnum Photos
Henri Cartier-Bresson Solitary confinement. Model prison of Leesburg. New Jersey. USA. 1975. © Henri Cartier-Bresson | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Ex Gulag turned into a prison camp at Lunch time. Project "Zona". Krasnoyarsk. Siberia. Russia. 2000. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Cuba. Guantanamo Bay. 2017. A press tour of the prison camp at the U.S. military installation in Guantanamo Bay. 41 detainees are currently held there. The camp was established by George W. Bush (...)
Eli Reed Maricopa County is the home to the country's only female chain gang. Their daily routine includes a 5:15 am wake up call. Among their duties are to clear tumbleweeds and trash from empty lots. Phoe (...)
Mikhael Subotzky SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 2005. Prisoners sleep in an overcrowded cell, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison. © Mikhael Subotzky | Magnum Photos
Mikhael Subotzky SOUTH AFRICA. Cape Town. 2004. Prisoner climbs up to window to buy contraband, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison. © Mikhael Subotzky | Magnum Photos
Mikhael Subotzky South Africa. Cape Town. 2004. Johnny Fortune climbs out of the industrial washer after taking a bath in the laundry at Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison. Having spent most of his years in prison, (...)
Peter van Agtmael Cuba. Guantanamo Bay. 2017.Detainees in Camp 6 during a press tour of the prison camp at the U.S. military installation in Guantanamo Bay. 41 detainees are currently held there. The camp was estab (...)
Jim Goldberg USA. Illinois. 2002. Stateville Prison. G house is an open cell "honors" house. The rooms are laid out along central common areas. -Doug DuBois & Jim Goldberg. © Jim Goldberg | Magnum Photos
Jim Goldberg Stateville Prison. F house. There were originally four circular cell houses radiating around a central mess hall. The buildings were based on Jeremy Bentham's 1787 design for the panopticon prison (...)
Jim Goldberg Stateville Prison. F house. There were originally four circular cell houses radiating around a central mess hall. The buildings were based on Jeremy Bentham's 1787 design for the panopticon prison (...)
Werner Bischof SOUTH KOREA. Island of Koje Do. 1952. Internment camp for North Korean prisoners of war. The prisoners perform a square dance in front of a large Statue of Liberty. 1952. © Werner Bischof | Magnum Photos
Carl De Keyzer Siberia. Russia. Camp 27. Krasnoyarsk. Ex Gulagh turn into a prison camp. Project "Zona". 2000. © Carl De Keyzer | Magnum Photos
Gueorgui Pinkhassov The bare chest of a prisoner in the work camp. The tatood image of a Genie signifies that he was a member of a drug group. The prisoner holds in his hands a mirror with the reflection of a budgerig (...)
Paolo Pellegrin France. Meaux. 24 Novembre 2016. Penitentiary center of Meaux. Prisonner. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Jean Gaumy Surveilling from the watch-tower of prisoners in the walking court.

Surveillance depuis le mirador des détenus dans la cour de promenade. © Jean Gaumy | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Prisoner. Penitentiary center of Meaux. France. 24 Novembre 2016. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Paolo Pellegrin Prisoner. Penitentiary center of Meaux. France. 24 Novembre 2016. © Paolo Pellegrin | Magnum Photos
Micha Bar-Am ISRAEL. Fatah jail, a jail for "high security" prisoners in Ramle. 1967 © Micha Bar-Am | Magnum Photos
Raymond Depardon FRANCE. Champagne-Ardenne region. Aube department. Town of Clairvaux. 1998. Prison. Solitary confinement zone. © Raymond Depardon | Magnum Photos