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This is a reference to the fact that he has repeatedly been in a cat-and-mouse game with prison officials regarding his journalistic career inside prison and many people know of him for his appearances on NPR. He has been an active radio personality and been repeatedly shut down by officials only to re-emerge in other ways. Reporters Without Border has a lot of interesting stuff about his journalism

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