Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Growing up in small-town Oregon, my family lived along the poverty line. We clung to lower-middle class status by ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock. As inflation continues to affect households ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock. A year ago, when I was transferred to the Mark W.

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. This summer, I was transferred from a federal prison in Florida’s panhandle to one located in coastal South ...

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. 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 — ...

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. For more than half of my life, I have not been free. I was sent to prison when I was 15 years old for ...