Then in April 2023, electronic tablets came to our prison. They doubled as phones. All of a sudden, we went from sharing phones with 1,600 people to each having our own. The stress evaporated, and the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For the first time in almost three decades, the Pell Grant is once again available to incarcerated individuals ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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. On Oct. 27, 2023, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a 125-year-old veterans service organization, opened its ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I entered Tennessee’s prison system in 1992, the pay for most jobs ranged from 17 cents an hour for ...

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 ...

“Chow Hall” is a semi-regular column by Justin Slavinski, a writer incarcerated in Florida who provides anecdotes and insights about food and meals served in prison. In my last column, I explored the ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It’s often assumed that you can’t obtain drugs in prison. That’s an understandable misconception, given the ...