Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections made changes to the toilets. At State Correctional Institution, Mercer, toilet flushing in some cells is now limited to a single flush ...

I thought the game might be gruesome. Turns out, it was just like any other amateur sport. Some people played well, others played sloppily. There was good sportsmanship.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. About two years ago, I was sent to solitary confinement for having a cellphone charger and marijuana in my cell.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I put hope on layaway 12 years ago when I was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story was republished from Wall City, a documentary arts magazine created to inspire conversations across ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. After scarfing down breakfast, I hustled outside into pre-dawn darkness with five other incarcerated military ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Decent mirrors are a scarce commodity in Florida’s women’s prisons. There are no full-length mirrors at all, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One morning last summer, I went to wash up in the dorm’s community sink area shared by close to 130 men. As I ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. As I dress for breakfast, I can hear the distant sound of cell doors popping open for the drowsy masses of ...