A warehouse will be converted into classrooms, a computer room, library and a small cafe for students at one prison.

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, ...

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. When a person is convicted, it is easy to forget they are more than a felon. They are someone’s son or daughter.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. East Hall of Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Cummins Unit has always been rowdy. But since the COVID-19 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On a recent Friday morning, I went to the email kiosk to check for new messages. Once I signed in, I saw a ...

Just a few days after my article about the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ refusal to provide me and other prisoners with addiction treatment ran in a local paper near United States Penitentiary, McCreary, ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It is difficult to describe the overwhelming excitement of getting mail while incarcerated. When I started this ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In February, I was transported from Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona, to the Idaho State Correctional ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Seasoned convicts will give you a handful of tips during your first stay in county jail. They will tell you how ...