Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For the majority of people behind bars, working a job is not optional. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Around 5 a.m. I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth and make a cup of coffee. It’s strong and smells good. My ...

In the late 1980s, Caroline Guy held a cassette recorder to her head, trying to record the voices she was hearing. She had torn through her apartment, throwing away electronics and furniture, hoping ...

Aleksandr Kolpakov has developed a humanist group inside his Colorado prison. It has been difficult to get the religious freedom protections he says his group deserves.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. How do you budget on a couple hundred dollars or less a month of income? That’s a question most people in prison ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I took in the earthy perfume of the garden, picked a cherry tomato and popped it in my mouth. My months tending ...

A woman in Missouri describes how she built a support system in prison after her family rejected her for being trans.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting produced this story in partnership with Prison Journalism Project.

Photo illustrations by Sarah Rogers. Photos courtesy of the Authors For the third year, the Society of Professional Journalists and Prison Journalism Project have hosted the Stillwater Awards, an ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Chris Jacobs was 16 when he robbed a store. The man with him shot someone to death there, later took a plea ...