Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Two weeks before Christmas 2024, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola ...

The man who killed my brother might have been in jail with me. I decided mercy for him was the right choice.

Students saw photographs of their peers leaving prison and being embraced by college faculty and staff. The impact was profound.

At a prison in the Catskill Mountains, where I used to be incarcerated, some men were trying to buck the trend.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I was walking back from the chow hall with my friend when we entered a long hallway that leads to our housing ...

I overcame PTSD after fighting in war, but I had no encounters with other mental illnesses until I helped people in crisis at my prison.

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Memories often bring solace in prison, so capturing them in photos brings a layer of permanence.

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I blink my eyes open. I am facing the same brick wall that greets me every morning. Then, there’s the smell: the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Michigan is leading the way in smart-on-crime policy by becoming the first state to turn an entire correctional ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Over the past few months, I kept encountering people in my Pennsylvania prison who claimed to have received a ...