Arts + Design

Restoring the world’s oldest library

In 2012, the Moroccan Ministry of Culture asked architect Aziza Chaouni to rehabilitate the ancient al-Qarawiyyin Library in Fez. She describes the challenges inherent in undertaking a daunting, historic project.

We humans

Why I’m teaching prisoners to code

Chris Redlitz of The Last Mile describes the thinking behind a program to rehabilitate prisoners — by teaching them to code.

We humans

How poetry can free a prisoner’s mind

In the “hell” of incarceration, Cristina Domenech finds the raw material for poetry

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Can prison be a place of redemption?

In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man, and spent 19 years in prison for his crime. He talks with neuroscientist Daniel Reisel about the challenge of rehabilitating in prison — and why it’s so important to restore people to society.