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In this Oct. 7, 2017 photo, Mike Allen, of South Side, gets his neck measured by James Howard, of Monroeville, during an audition at the now-closed State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh. Hundreds of movie extra hopefuls, many wearing ribbed tank tops and sporting that menacing, don't-mess-with-me glare, turned out for an open casting call for extras for the Showtime miniseries, &quot;Escape at Dannemora,&quot; which is based on a real-life prison escape in 2015. (Antonella Crescimbeni/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Hundreds of ‘tough guys’ seek roles in prison miniseries

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This Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 photo, shows the interior of the State Correctional Institution barber school in Somerset, Pa., which prison officials consider one of the Department of Correction's most successful vocational programs. (Anna Spoerre/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Barbering after prison: A new start, a call to serve

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Pa. inmate charged with strangling cellmate

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