Coping with the demeaning and adversarial nature of prisons is taxing. Prison is loud. Violence breaks out. People are disruptive. For all of these reasons and more, prison causes mental, physical and ...

This cartoon is of a prison guard as a sheepherder. We’re the sheep. One main task of guards is to count the prison population. Count happens multiple times per day. This act is like a shepherd ...

These stories claim to celebrate resilience. But sometimes they distract from the deadly consequences of poor nutrition behind bars.

Juan Rios became a gang member when he was 11 years old. He started his first prison sentence at 19. Years later, after being released, he kept gang-banging. Then, at age 24, he shot three people ...

Incarcerated women built a patio, and we use it for Bible study, leisurely picnics, to engage in mindfulness or yoga, and to play cards or crochet.

I wanted to highlight a military veterans service organization new to my prison. Then it got shut down.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One day at the Washington State Penitentiary, I saw a blind man named Francisco and his friend Jorge walking down ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Two weeks before Christmas 2024, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola ...

Students saw photographs of their peers leaving prison and being embraced by college faculty and staff. The impact was profound.

PJP is seeking an audience engagement intern this fall to help build our audience and amplify the stories we publish.

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. The upcoming presidential election will mark my fifth since I’ve ...

Deaths in prisons climb with every 10 degrees the summer’s thermometer rises above average.