Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The most focused classroom I’ve ever been in didn’t have desks, a whiteboard or even quiet. It was a prison dorm ...

At United States Penitentiary, Tucson, where I’m incarcerated, we have been having trouble receiving our mail for years. There have been thousands of complaints by the prisoners here at this Arizona ...

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Half the country is directly impacted by the U.S. prison system. The Inside Story provides a window into the world of incarceration through stories written by the people who know it best. Each week, ...

This story is part of Cancer in Confinement, a special series from PJP. Click here to read more. We stood in the shade of the handball wall at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Coal ...

In the United States, journalists enjoy broad freedoms to investigate, author and publish news stories for the public good. There are also robust laws, such as the Freedom of Information Act, that ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I met Ralph Marcus in June 2024 at California Medical Facility, he was sitting in his wheelchair in the ...

Prison Journalism Project publishes stories that help readers understand what life is like inside the prison system and provide perspectives on ways the system can be improved. We also like to publish ...

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 ...

On March 24, 1800, the first issues of Forlorn Hope rolled off the presses and into the hands of eager readers at a New York City debtors’ prison. Though its incarcerated staff initially sought to use ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock. The monotony of prison life is exhausting. The ...