Stephen Tourlentes Mass Incarceration Gallery/ Sara Urbaez / April 12, 2018 11:11 AM
Stephen Tourlentes01Stephen Tourlentes uses long exposures to capture the lights around prisons, like the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California pictured here.
Stephen Tourlentes02Tourlentes spent two decades driving around photographing the outsides of prisons, like Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, Rhode Island.
Stephen Tourlentes03This suburb sits near the California Institution for Women in Chino, California.
Stephen Tourlentes04Stateville Correctional Center, Illinois
In Tourlentes' photo, Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois glows from seemingly miles away.
Stephen Tourlentes05The photographs—like this one of Coxsackie Correctional Facility in New York—draw attention to the lives kept hidden away in correctional facilities.
Stephen Tourlentes06Tourlentes never photographs the insides of prisons. Instead, he takes pictures from far away, like this one of Riverfront State Prison, Camden in New Jersey, which was taken from a nearby window.
Stephen Tourlentes07Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Worth, Texas
Tourlentes photographed Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Worth, Texas from a nearby cul-de-sac.
Stephen Tourlentes08The glow of Auburn Correctional Facility in New York.
Stephen Tourlentes09State Prison, Comstock, New York
A distant view of State Prison in Comstock, New York.
Stephen Tourlentes10The Nevada State Prison in Carson City glows amidst the desert.
Stephen Tourlentes11The foreboding exterior of Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York.
Stephen Tourlentes12A very distant view of Calipatria State Prison in Calipatria, California.
Stephen Tourlentes13Tourlentes captures images—like this one of Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins, Wyoming—with a large format camera.
Stephen Tourlentes14A moody shot of Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
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