Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It appears the same changes might soon come to New Jersey, where I’m incarcerated. Assembly Bill 2609 would ...

The incarcerated care workers of No One Dies Alone, at Carole Young Medical Facility, changed how one woman thought about dying in prison.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Nov. 17, a man named Alex died by suicide in the Washington State Penitentiary’s Residential Treatment Units.

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. “You are going to be completely deaf.” I’ll never forget when the doctor told me that. It felt like time had ...

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. As I trailed my hand along the railing of the pen, I felt the cool touch of steel and the warmth of the morning ...

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 ...

The holidays are a somber time in prison, but they are not only that. “[They present] a full spectrum of feelings,” Floridian Stephanie H. told PJP contributor Brittany Miles. “Some are happy because ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The sweltering heat on my first day in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a little more than an hour north of New ...