"Inmates would always say if the public ever found out what the women's federal penitentiary was all about, there would be a ...

According to data from the Prison Policy Initiative, more than 1.9 million people in the United States are incarcerated in prisons, local jails, and other detention facilities. Additionally, one in ...

Fidencio “Gonzo” Gonzales knows what the men in prison are going through. “I grew up in children services, foster care, children’s homes and/or juvenile institutions. Basically, I had a very crazy ...

She gives hope and encouragement — to women behind bars. “I was raised in a very poor environment and was abused physically, mentally and sexually,” said Margie Gonzales. “My dream was to get out of ...

Two white collar inmates talk about their experience. Chris Maselli and Jeff Smith seemed to have it all -- at one point. Maselli was an up-and-coming State Senator in Rhode Island and Jeff Smith, ...

A woman has revealed what it was like to have her boyfriend in prison for eight months. Alice Jane met her boyfriend Kyle through a friend. Kyle needed a house mate and Jane’s friend was it. Jane was ...

I went to Southern Oaks Girls School (a girls' prison) on Feb. 21. I got high and snorted some Adderall before I went to court that day. Doing drugs was a daily routine for me. It was like brushing my ...

“Pure Hell.” That’s how John “Divine G” Whitfield describes a part of his experience at the Sing Sing correctional facility, a maximum security prison in Ossining, New York state, where he served a 25 ...

Eating from blue plastic crockery (pictured) is as much a part of the prison experience as wearing grey tracksuits and ...

At Huntsville Unit, a prison situated on the edge of a vast national forest 70 miles north of Houston, the close calls increase with the heat. I’m talking about the temperaments of both inmates and ...

“When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?” Matthew 25: 37 As we enter a new year with hopes and dreams for a better world, I hope you don’t mind me pointing out one of those areas ...

I retired from the Maryland prison system some 21 years ago; it was overcrowded when I began my career in 1969 and it was mostly overcrowded throughout my career. Many staff have also retired since ...