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Cummins Wide

In 1971, Bruce Jackson visited what was considered the worst prison in the country--the Cummins prison near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Conditions at Cummins were so poor, a federal judge ruled the prison system unconstitutional. Jackson shot four thousand images of the Cummins prison using a special wide-lens camera. A group of those photos are now on view at Duke's Center for Documentary Studies. Bruce Jackson discusses his Widelux photos and their story-telling power with host Frank Stasio.

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