Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In June 2023, I woke up in intense pain. It felt like someone had jammed a wrench into my shoulder socket, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. “Whiz!” Brring!” went the incessant chime of the defective doorbell. My 16-year-old-self slept on as my mom’s one ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Kelly was a 69-year-old, partially paralyzed amputee when he was wheeled into my prison cell with his oxygen ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s Note: Prison Journalism Project editors have verified the identities and incarceration status of every ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In my Missouri prison, we suffer from a lack of basic health care. I know of many people who were ill last fall.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Oct. 22, 2024, Toastmasters International celebrated the 100th anniversary of its first meeting. Emanon Gavel ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I must have smelled terrible. I hadn’t been able to shower in about a week. For the past month or so, I had been ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When a person is convicted, it is easy to forget they are more than a felon. They are someone’s son or daughter.

In the 1980s, then-Chief Justice Warren E. Burger was vocal about the need for prison reform. In one instance, he was quoted as saying: “To put people behind walls and bars and do little or nothing to ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. There’s a poster on the wall in my prison unit, at the Washington State Penitentiary, that says a lot about the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. At my prison in South Florida, I run one of our three canteens. Canteens are the prison general stores that sell ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. After experiencing constant pain, nausea and dizziness, an end to my suffering was in sight. The doctor had just ...