Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I came to prison at 15. Because I was so young, I didn’t know who I was when I arrived. I felt insecure about ...

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. My first time in prison I told myself that I would never be foolish enough to get tattooed in this atmosphere.

When most people in the U.S. seek professional help, they expect the provider to improve the situation. Anybody would hold the service provider accountable for ineffective care. Yet that’s not the ...

Photo illustrations by Sarah Rogers. Photos courtesy of the Authors For the third year, the Society of Professional Journalists and Prison Journalism Project have hosted the Stillwater Awards, an ...

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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. Still from the book trailer for "The Book of Judith" (New Village Press) Judith Tannenbaum spent her life as an ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Much attention has been paid in recent years to the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes around the country, with ...

Alabama’s prison homicide rate is among the highest in the country, leaving many changed people to die behind bars. I remember the first day I stepped foot inside a prison. It was 1995. The place was ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...