A warehouse will be converted into classrooms, a computer room, library and a small cafe for students at one prison.

Catholics in my prison mourned the death of a pope who advocated for them. But they are hopeful the next pope will consider them, too.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In Tennessee state prisons, practicing Islam is expensive. A Bible here costs $5.45, while a Quran goes for $7.25 ...

Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Just a few days after my article about the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ refusal to provide me and other prisoners ...

Writers and artists interested in doing journalism, who are incarcerated or formerly incarcerated. We also welcome submissions by family members and others affected by the criminal legal system. First ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...

"Outside the Rusted Decay Of Confinement," 2024 by Alvin Smith. Acrylic on canvas. Painted in a day room of the Muskegon Correctional Facility, in Michigan. What to the incarcerated American is the ...

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. When I arrived at the Central Treatment Facility of the ...

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 ...

Don't miss our latest stories, delivered to your inbox once a week. Sign up The sweltering heat on my first day in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a little more than an hour north of New York City, ...