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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Monday, Feb. 17, guards at two New York state prisons began a strike unauthorized by their union, the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Just a few days after my article about the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ refusal to provide me and other prisoners ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For a moment that spring, I thought I had been forgotten. During my prison sentence, my brother has put money on ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In prison, almost every part of your life is dictated by someone else. But taking control of your appearance is ...

This article was published in partnership with Source New Mexico, an independent, nonprofit news organization that shines a light on governments, policies and public officials. Next to me, on his bunk ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The artist Kenneth West once read that Jean-Michel Basquiat created 6,000 pieces of art, all before he died at ...

Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how cold their prisons get in the winter — and what small dignities could make it more bearable.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My imagination runs wild in prison. Recently, I conjured old-fashioned cowboys cooking in the shadows of a rigid, ...

Don't miss our latest stories, delivered to your inbox once a week. Sign up Compassionate release programs offer people serving long-term sentences the chance at freedom. Adopted by 49 states in ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In 2000, I started a life sentence at New Jersey State Prison, in Trenton. Over roughly 25 years behind bars, I ...