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 ...

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 ...

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. Six pairs of eyes, six stories: illustrations by Sarah Rogers capture the observations of incarcerated writers ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Days before the documentary “The Alabama Solution” was nominated for an Academy Award, the three main ...

All illustrations by Kristen Radtke for Prison Journalism Project. Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In 2021, writer Dorothy ...

Many jobs in Wisconsin’s Oshkosh Correctional Institution consist of routine manual labor that helps the prison run: cooking, cleaning, laundering — that kind of thing. Most tasks could be completed ...

The holidays are a somber time in prison, but they are not only that. “[They present] a full spectrum of feelings,” Floridian Stephanie H. told PJP contributor Brittany Miles. “Some are happy because ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock. A year ago, when I was transferred to the Mark W.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For 13 years, I lived in concrete giants: Sterling Correctional Facility and Limon Correctional Facility — ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Sentry dogs are on duty at the Idaho State Correctional Institution medium security prison Monday, Feb. 23. 2009 ...