Aleksandr Kolpakov has developed a humanist group inside his Colorado prison. It has been difficult to get the religious freedom protections he says his group deserves.
A woman in Missouri describes how she built a support system in prison after her family rejected her for being trans.
It’s hard to find joy in solitary confinement. I rely on tiny comforts and small moments that bring me peace, comfort, happiness and maybe even laughter.
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In March, a flier at my new prison grabbed my attention. It outlined the prison’s upcoming biannual restorative ...
Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is looking for a part-time contract editor to lead a new expansion of our coverage of postsecondary education, workforce training and reentry opportunities for people ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For more than half of my life, I have not been free. I was sent to prison when I was 15 years old for ...
Arkansas, 1935. Source: Farm Security Administration Collection, U.S. Library of Congress. Photo by Ben Shahn. There are so many misconceptions about Black fathers. How often has the mother of a child ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Stateville Correctional Center is one of several maximum security state prisons for men in Illinois. Photo by Rw2 ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Our touch-deprived bodies may have been separated by physical barriers, but we were still connected through our ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Ms. Allen died saying, “Imma die, Imma die.” That’s what people heard in our prison. She wasn’t feeling well, but ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...
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