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.

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 ...

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.

Incarcerated people on the helplessness, communication barriers and emotional toll of learning about family medical emergencies from inside.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Before my release to a halfway house in June, most nights I could look over and see Lucky in the cubicle across ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The blue trays were disgusting at the chow hall in my wing of the Mark Stiles Unit, a Texas prison 85 miles east ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In the Deep South, everybody loves their pets. People in prison are no different. We have pet squirrels, lizards ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s note: As we were wrapping up work on this piece, trans people in Missouri prisons learned they could be ...