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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It finally happened: Food from the dining hall made me physically ill. I have long thought I could eat anything, ...

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.

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 ...

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. Briann Lindsey has been incarcerated at New Jersey’s Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women for the last nine ...

The outcry apparently achieved its intended effect. On Oct. 11, 2024, less than a year after it opened, the post was ...

I came to prison when I was 15. Now I’m 34. Behind bars, I've found peace with myself. Even in prison, I find blessings and witness beauty.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...

There is not much I can do to control my situation at my prison. For example, I can’t choose to come and go from my cell when I want. Rather than let these restrictions defeat me, I remain optimistic ...

Four years ago, my younger brother Isaac, then 32, was sentenced to 19 years in prison. His crime was carjacking and accessory to murder. I can still see my elderly parents, overcome with grief, ...