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 — ...

Braille books, business cards and tactile maps are often crafted in prisons throughout the U.S. The job is more fun than most prison work.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Reynaldo Colón was up at 6:30 a.m., bouncing about his cell as he prepared for a rare in-person visit with a ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One of Prison Journalism Project’s year-end traditions is to share our favorite stories of the year. This year — ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story and its illustrations originally appeared in The Book of Irving #82431, a newsletter by Patrick Irving ...

After an investigation, my sexual abuse claim was found unsubstantiated. The process made me feel like reporting the abuse wasn’t worth it.

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.

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. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For more than half of my life, I have not been free. I was sent to prison when I was 15 years old for ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Oct. 27, 2023, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a 125-year-old veterans service organization, opened its ...