As an Incarcerated Person, I Feel Connected to the People of Gaza
The violence against oppressed people in both Gaza and U.S. prisons is a direct result of imperialism and the brutal policing used to maintain power and corruption.
“To Be Free Is to Free Others”: Formerly Incarcerated Women Urge Decarceration
The fight to free women and end mass incarceration is long and ongoing, but these activists aren’t giving up.
He Rebuilt His Life After Prison. Then He Was Deported for a 23-Year-Old Drug Conviction.
Samuel Anthony moved away from Sierra Leone at six years old. That didn’t stop the U.S. from deporting him to a country where he doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak…
Why Isn’t PEN America Paying Its Incarcerated Literary Prize Winners?
Recent winners of PEN America’s Prison Writing Awards are missing a total of $925 in payments—a small fortune in prison.
The Slow Death of a Prison Profiteer: How Activism Brought Securus to the Brink
On the hook to repay $1.3 billion of debt this year, the nation’s largest prison telecom company, Securus, is on the verge of bankruptcy. Its failure would represent a remarkable…
Pregnancy in Jails: A New Report Finds Flagrant Violations of Illinois Laws
Jails throughout Illinois continually deny, restrict, interfere with, or discriminate against pregnant people’s rights to reproductive care.
30 Political Prisoners’ Oral Histories Collected in an Unprecedented New Book
We speak with recently released political prisoner Eric King and abolitionist Josh Davidson, who have compiled in a new book, ‘Rattling the Cages,’ testimonies from dozens of political prisoners.
Women Speaking Up About Sexual Abuse Behind Bars Face Retaliation in California
Despite highly publicized arrests and promises of change, sexual abuse and retaliation continue at the prison in Dublin.
Death and Redemption in an American Prison
By Markian Hawryluk / KFF Health News Steven Garner doesn’t like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990 escalated to the…
12 Years After Degrading Mass Strip Search, Women in Prison Won $1.4M Settlement
The settlement is far larger than others of its kind and represents a win for fourth amendment rights behind bars.
L.A.’s Incarceration of Youth Again Falls Short of Humane Standards, State Regulator Calls Two More Juvenile Facilities ‘Unsuitable’
“No young person deserves that treatment."
Pregnancy Care Was Always Lacking in Jails. Could it Get Worse?
A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out…
Rehabilitation and Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Incarceration
Last year, my oldest daughter went to juvenile detention, thus completing the three-generation cycle of incarcerated women in my family. I want to forge us a new path.
As a Girl In Prison, I Experienced Degrading Health Care
I received my first Pap smear shortly after being incarcerated as a teenager. It was excruciating — and a sign of worse things to come.
The Fight for Richard Glossip’s Death Row Exoneration
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Countless cases lay bare the raw injustice of the death penalty in the United States. The case of Richard Glossip is…