Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The first phone call I made in prison was to my liberal grandmother. After we’d talked for a while, she said, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It appears the same changes might soon come to New Jersey, where I’m incarcerated. Assembly Bill 2609 would ...

The incarcerated care workers of No One Dies Alone, at Carole Young Medical Facility, changed how one woman thought about dying in prison.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photos Courtesy Phillip Luna. This photos was taken around 1989. It features four generations of the author's ...

All illustrations by Kristen Radtke for Prison Journalism Project. Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In 2021, writer Dorothy ...

This story is part of Cancer in Confinement, a special series from PJP. Click here to read more. We stood in the shade of the handball wall at Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Coal ...

A view of the hospice garden from inside a vacant hospice room. Many of these windows had white shutters with adjustable slats to let the light in. Republish This Story Republish our articles for free ...

The holidays are a somber time in prison, but they are not only that. “[They present] a full spectrum of feelings,” Floridian Stephanie H. told PJP contributor Brittany Miles. “Some are happy because ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The day I was processed into prison 10 years ago was the lowest point in my life. After setting fire to two ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Every morning, I wake up to two lemon-colored eyes peering at me. They belong to Lady, a delicate and regal ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Certain topics are taboo in prison. Near the top of that list is HIV. More than 40 years after the virus first ...