Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I tell people about the hair dryer I recently purchased from Union Supply, the sole vendor contracted with ...

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. I was incarcerated for more than eight years in Florida. I’ve ...

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. When I arrived at the Central Treatment Facility of the ...

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While I could have identified musicians, authors and activists who have shaped my existence, I expressed gratitude for my greatest inspiration here at California State Prison, Los Angeles County. His ...

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. Prior to my life sentence, I was not interested in politics. I ...

Photo by Stephan Hoerold. Illustration by Chris Gelardi. This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter ...

Today most stories about prison are written with an outside perspective. Prison Journalism Project publishes stories by incarcerated writers and others who know the system from the inside and want to ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I stepped to home plate and took a deep breath. The aroma of leather, dirt and grass was in the air. A neon green ...