Oregon no longer allows many forms of physical mail. It’s become harder for people to send incarcerated loved ones Christmas cards.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I met Ralph Marcus in June 2024 at California Medical Facility, he was sitting in his wheelchair in the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Sentry dogs are on duty at the Idaho State Correctional Institution medium security prison Monday, Feb. 23. 2009 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Frankie was born in this prison. His mom, Curly, had been here at least five years at that point. As Frankie grew ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Oct. 27, 2023, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a 125-year-old veterans service organization, opened its ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Even after 23 years of witnessing brutal fights behind prison walls, I remained ignorant to the gravity of mental ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. “Hey, man,” someone whispered as I passed him on the prison track. He said it so quietly I wasn’t sure he had ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. East Hall of Arkansas Department of Corrections’ Cummins Unit has always been rowdy. But since the COVID-19 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On a recent Friday morning, I went to the email kiosk to check for new messages. Once I signed in, I saw a ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. From left to right, the author's mother Denise LaPlante, the author Derek LeCompte, and the author's sister ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story is a Kite, a special category dedicated to first-person reports that rely heavily on a writer’s ...

Trying to find a theme to Prison Journalism Project’s favorite stories of the year is a difficult undertaking. Some stories showed what happens when outside interests break through the razor-rimmed ...