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“Has anyone heard from medium today?” Nicole writes in a Facebook group dedicated to the wives of men locked up in federal prison, where “medium” is shorthand for medium security detention. “Nothing today or yesterday,” someone comments beneath her post. A thread of comments follows: “No, nothing today.” “No, not …

Shawn Wright worries a lot about his mom. Wright, a 50-year-old IT manager from Oklahoma City, lives more than 1,300 miles from his elderly mother in Philadelphia and stays connected with her through regular phone calls, rudimentary texting, and a security camera system. He says she’s generally hesitant to welcome …