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In Prison, If We Didn’t Teach Each Other, No One Would

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The most focused classroom I’ve ever been in didn’t have desks, a whiteboard or even quiet. It was a prison dorm ...
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In California Prisons, Push Notifications Are Small Red Paper Slips

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In prison, we don’t have text and email reminders about medical, dental and counseling appointments. Instead, we ...
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Q&A: I Sat Down With a Corrections Lieutenant To Discuss the California Model

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. California Medical Facility in Vacaville transported a team of incarcerated individuals to San Quentin ...
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In Pennsylvania, Women With Life Sentences Could Have a New Shot at Freedom

As Pennsylvania ends life without parole for 2nd-degree murder, incarcerated women express sparked hope and anxiety.
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Incarcerated Americans on the 250th Birthday of the United States — In Their Own Voices

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Editor’s note: Below is a transcript of our audio story, “Incarcerated Americans on the 250th Birthday of the ...
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The New Jersey Prison That Fought Lockdowns — With More Lockdowns

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In July 2025, South Woods State Prison in New Jersey, where I used to be incarcerated, reduced our ability to ...
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Job Opening: Director of Learning

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is looking for a Director of Learning who will provide strategic and operational leadership for all of Prison Journalism Project’s learning programs, driving the ...
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There’s No Relief From Summer Heat in This Federal Prison

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Over the past several years, the heat in New York state has grown more and more severe. In prison, heat is more ...
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How Prison Makes Death Routine

I write to my friend Ryan in Alabama every day. He has lived on death row since 2012. During that time, Alabama has executed more than 25 people. “I have been keeping a count on my fingers of all the ...
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Idaho’s New Firing Squad Prepares to Fire

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool, File. This June 18, 2010, file photo shows the firing squad ...
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The Cells Inside ‘One of the Most Archaic Prisons in the United States’

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Cells in the New Jersey State Prison, West Compound. These cells were called "shockingly small" in one government ...