Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock This story is part of a collaboration with Prison ...

Jeffery Shockley reflects on barriers he faced in his lawsuit against the Pennsylvania prison system after staff broke his typewriter.

This story is part of a collaboration with Prison Banned Books Week 2026, an annual event that documents and examines censorship in prison. This year’s focus is on grievance appeals. You can read more ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Marley is a blonde Labrador retriever. I knew her as a wiggly, happy dork who would lick my arms until they hurt.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. [October 20, 2026] – The Prison Journalism Project (PJP), a national nonprofit that trains incarcerated writers ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For three years while incarcerated, I experienced the digital world through a contraband cellphone, which ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In the 1980s, awaiting my trial in jail, I underwent a rite of passage among many prisoners. I got a tattoo from ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For 13 years, I lived in concrete giants: Sterling Correctional Facility and Limon Correctional Facility — ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s note: The story below captures the author’s experience arriving at a Chinese detention center after ...