To get a better sense of what the finances of incarcerated people look like, Prison Journalism Project asked three writers to record a typical month’s budget . You’ll see from the results below how ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Every day, Frank pushes Jamie in her wheelchair around Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

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 ...

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. On a recent Friday morning, I went to the email kiosk to check for new messages. Once I signed in, I saw a ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...

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. In prison, we don’t have text and email reminders about medical, dental and counseling appointments. Instead, we ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. More than two decades ago, prisons in California stopped allowing packages from family members, instead requiring ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I met Barbara Maxwell, 64, last fall, she was in deep grief over the deaths of two of her sons. “I’m sure it ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. A photo of the first time Daina McKinney visited her father Destry in prison around 2011. Photos Courtesy of ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Arkansas is one of eight states, alongside Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and ...