Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s note: Below is a transcript of our audio story, “Incarcerated Americans on the 250th Birthday of the ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Last year, Pride at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility was a two-day celebration with drag ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In July 2025, South Woods State Prison in New Jersey, where I used to be incarcerated, reduced our ability to ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My first time in prison I told myself that I would never be foolish enough to get tattooed in this atmosphere.
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 ...
Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is looking for a Director of Learning who will provide strategic and operational leadership for all of Prison Journalism Project’s learning programs, driving the ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On a recent Friday morning, I went to the email kiosk to check for new messages. Once I signed in, I saw a ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Every morning, Courtney faces a problem most women never have to think about. She must squeeze herself into a bra ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story is a Kite, a special category dedicated to first-person reports that rely heavily on a writer’s ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This is an edited excerpt from the writer’s booklet, “The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ inability to ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. There is not much I can do to control my situation at my prison. For example, I can’t choose to come and go from ...
Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Chris Jacobs was 16 when he robbed a store. The man with him shot someone to death there, later took a plea ...