Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Kelly was a 69-year-old, partially paralyzed amputee when he was wheeled into my prison cell with his oxygen ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s Note: Prison Journalism Project editors have verified the identities and incarceration status of every ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I must have smelled terrible. I hadn’t been able to shower in about a week. For the past month or so, I had been ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Oct. 22, 2024, Toastmasters International celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first meeting. Emanon Gavel ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In my Missouri prison, we suffer from a lack of basic health care. I know of many people who were ill last fall.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. April is Second Chance Month. Yet for countless individuals coming home from prison, that rings hollow as many ...

Prison Journalism Project seeks to help bring transparency to the world of incarceration and give incarcerated writers a voice in discussions about criminal legal reform. One way we do this is by ...

Beyond educational courses and medication-assisted treatment, the Washington Department of Corrections says it offers three tiers of addiction support in every one of its 11 prisons. Kopriva, the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When a person is convicted, it is easy to forget they are more than a felon. They are someone’s son or daughter.

In the 1980s, then-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger was vocal about the need for prison reform. In one instance, he was quoted as saying: “To put people behind walls and bars and do little or nothing to ...

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 ...