Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For the majority of people behind bars, working a job is not optional. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Around 5 a.m. I wake up, wash my face, brush my teeth and make a cup of coffee. It’s strong and smells good. My ...

In the late 1980s, Caroline Guy held a cassette recorder to her head, trying to record the voices she was hearing. She had torn through her apartment, throwing away electronics and furniture, hoping ...

Aleksandr Kolpakov has developed a humanist group inside his Colorado prison. It has been difficult to get the religious freedom protections he says his group deserves.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. How do you budget on a couple hundred dollars or less a month of income? That’s a question most people in prison ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I took in the earthy perfume of the garden, picked a cherry tomato and popped it in my mouth. My months tending ...

A woman in Missouri describes how she built a support system in prison after her family rejected her for being trans.

At United States Penitentiary, Tucson, where I’m incarcerated, we have been having trouble receiving our mail for years. There have been thousands of complaints by the prisoners here at this Arizona ...

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 — ...

It’s hard to find joy in solitary confinement. I rely on tiny comforts and small moments that bring me peace, comfort, happiness and maybe even laughter.