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Ahead of the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, a special series on voting in prison and after.

Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

On March 24, 1800, the first issues of Forlorn Hope rolled off the presses and into the hands of eager readers at a New York City debtors’ prison. Though its incarcerated staff initially sought to use ...

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When working with incarcerated writers and journalists, their safety is of paramount importance. Prison Journalism Project staff understands the power of journalism to hold authorities to account, to ...

This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Click here to read more. When I arrived at the Central Treatment Facility of the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Seasoned convicts will give you a handful of tips during your first stay in county jail. They will tell you how ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. San Quentin Rehabilitation Center is set to make history this week. On Thursday and Friday, the prison just ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I miss my mom’s meatloaf. You can’t get it here inside my prison in Miami, so it’s the first thing I’m eating ...