The Most Creative Entrepreneurs Are in Prison
Combine inflation with stagnant wages, and the prison economy gets even more busy.
New Quattrone Center Report Shows Use of Presumptive Field Tests in Drug Arrests is One of Largest Known Contributing Factors to Wrongful Arrests, Convictions
A pathbreaking Quattrone Center report shows that the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of largest known contributing factors to wrongful arrests and convictions.
New Jersey’s Failures to Provide for Mentally Ill People in Prison
"No one seems to care about the incarcerated men with mental health issues who bang and scream above my head."
Prison Treats Me Like an Animal. I Write to Reclaim My Humanity.
I’ve been confined for 27 years to a concrete box, and prison staff treat me like an animal branded with a number.
They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system…
Abolition Is a Global Movement. Here’s What We Learned From Allies Worldwide.
To make abolition possible, grassroots groups of people directly impacted by incarceration must mobilize globally.
Dems Claim to Oppose Mass Incarceration, But Blue State Commutations Are Falling
Commutations plummeted from 2020 record highs in California and Illinois. Are presidential ambitions to blame?
Mutual Aid Inside: How Incarcerated Communities Survive Together
Inside prisons, letter writing, networking, storytelling, education, resource distribution, mentorship, collective mourning, nursing, nurturing, listening, and performing other rituals of mutual aid belong to the legacy of incarcerated caregivers.
I’m Serving 40 Years in Federal Prison. Here’s a Glimpse Into My World.
Every day, the conditions of incarceration work to strip away my humanity.
In Washington State, Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community
We should be focused on building systems of social support to replace prisons rather than keeping it from collapsing under the weight of its own bloated grotesqueness.
Minnesota Man Who Was Arrested at 16 Exonerated After 19 Years in Prison
By Equal Justice Initiative This article was originally published by the Equal Justice Initiative. On December 11, Marvin Haynes was released after 19 years in prison for a crime he…
How Oil Money Turned Louisiana Into the Prison Capital of the World
A series of events in the 1970s led to the state’s penal system becoming intertwined with the swings of its oil economy.
I’m a Spiritual Advisor for Condemned Men. Alabama’s Next Execution Could Kill Me, Too.
Alabama plans to execute Kenneth Smith next month by suffocating him with nitrogen. But the new method is untested—since I’m supposed to be in the room with Kenny when he…
Santa Was in Solitary and Jesus Got the Death Penalty
By Jean Casella / Solitary Watch It’s Christmastime once again in Incarceration Nation. Amid the celebrations, fears, and hopes the season brings this year, it is worth stopping for a…
In Prison, Christmas Can Help You Feel Human
Two PJP staffers on spending the holidays inside, and what it means to give hope.