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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The weight deck, where we exercise at the Washington State Penitentiary, is not hospitable to vegetation.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It should surprise no one that incarcerated people struggle during the holidays. Despair and loneliness, regret ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. A childhood photo of the author holding her brother Isaac. (Photo courtesy of Claire Tak) “Outside/In” is an ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On February 8, 2022, about an hour before the 6:30 a.m. morning count, an announcement rang out over the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The urban film “Dutch” premiered on Black Entertainment Television (BET) during the first week of June 2021, but ...