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.

In my Missouri prison wing, food is being hoarded, mental health is declining, and our families visit us less frequently or provide us with less financial support — in part because of policies made ...

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 ...

In Florida state prisons, microwaves are usually off limits, but my dormitory recently got one. It’s made cooking easier and our food tastier.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Phone calls are a vital way for people in prison to stay connected to the outside. But they are also costly, and ...

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.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Briann Lindsey has been incarcerated at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women for the last nine ...

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. The view from my cell window is an Amazon shipping center. At night, I watch the big rigs on the loading docks, ...