Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My introduction to an intricate, effective communication network known as “lines” came immediately after arriving ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Farting can be quite serious in prison. When you’re locked in a small cell with another person for extended ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I first realized I like boys at a pool party at my best friend’s house when I was 12. I stayed after everyone ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In my many years inside, I have seen jails and prisons in North Carolina become de facto rehab and mental health ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For a moment that spring, I thought I had been forgotten. During my prison sentence, my brother has put money on ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Filthy cells and hallways. No showers or laundry. Insufficient medical care. All programming and visits cancelled ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Monday, Feb. 17, guards at two New York state prisons began a strike unauthorized by their union, the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Just a few days after my article about the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ refusal to provide me and other prisoners ...

In January, back-to-back polar vortexes unleashed subzero temperatures on much of the country, breaking thousands of daily snow and cold records. Ten inches of snow was dumped on New Orleans in late ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My imagination runs wild in prison. Recently, I conjured old-fashioned cowboys cooking in the shadows of a rigid, ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In prison, almost every part of your life is dictated by someone else. But taking control of your appearance is ...