Redemption Songs is a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week made by people in prison. Spanning almost a century, we’re telling the story of mass incarceration, one song at a time.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Music can be life-changing, and listeners can really identify with the lyrics of a song. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office is using that art form to help inmates express ...

Listen if you like: PJ Morton, Tye Tribbett, Chance the Rapper The most ambitious prison concert I have ever heard of took place a few years ago in Florida. Gospel megastar Kirk Franklin teamed up ...