Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...

I write to my friend Ryan in Alabama every day. He has lived on death row since 2012. During that time, Alabama has executed more than 25 people. “I have been keeping a count on my fingers of all the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. John R. left our prison in March. His departure should have inspired excitement — and to some extent it did. But ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Late last year, Arizona’s only approved commissary vendor reached an agreement with the state prison system to ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. “Chow Hall” is a semi-regular column by Justin Slavinski, a writer incarcerated in Florida who provides anecdotes ...

As Pennsylvania ends life without parole for 2nd-degree murder, incarcerated women express sparked hope and anxiety.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File. This June 18, 2010, file photo shows the firing squad ...

San Diego is the city I know Where I once went home — Long ago, once upon a SoCal flow: In my city Are my haunted memories I go hard because My city hardened me My city has a slow swag It’s made my ...

Prison makes an awful elderly care facility, yet more prisons are rapidly becoming just that. Thanks in large part to longer prison sentences and decreasing rates of parole, the number of incarcerated ...

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, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. At my prison in South Florida, I run one of our three canteens. Canteens are the prison general stores that sell ...