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. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...

The availability of data particular to prisons and state corrections departments can vary, but many excellent resources are available to provide a good starting point to understand the U.S. criminal ...

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 ...

From the basics of journalism to starting a prison publication, PJP Learning supports writers through resources crafted specifically for prison journalists. Here’s a sampling of our handouts and ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This essay was published in partnership with Al Jazeera English. On February 8, 2022, about an hour before the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When Richard Belec spent 10 months locked down in solitary confinement in Arizona, the mice and cockroaches ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. At first, I couldn’t understand it. Why were these men concerned with their appearance in prison? Who were they ...

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. Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File. This June 18, 2010, file photo shows the firing squad ...