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. 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. 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. Filthy cells and hallways. No showers or laundry. Insufficient medical care. All programming and visits cancelled ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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. In prison, almost every part of your life is dictated by someone else. But taking control of your appearance is ...

This article was published in partnership with Source New Mexico, an independent, nonprofit news organization that shines a light on governments, policies and public officials. Next to me, on his bunk ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The artist Kenneth West once read that Jean-Michel Basquiat created 6,000 pieces of art, all before he died at ...