Each member of the state parole board is appointed by the governor for a six-year term. There are no term limits. The board has more independence than most parole boards as they control not only ...

Alabama’s prison homicide rate is among the highest in the country, leaving many changed people to die behind bars. I remember the first day I stepped foot inside a prison. It was 1995. The place was ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. As part of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ prison reform agenda, his administration last year announced plans to ...

In Missouri, strapped families are visiting less and sending fewer care packages to their loved ones in prison.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. No one who knows me from the free world would ever believe that I resorted to using heroin. I was never a party ...

All illustrations by Kristen Radtke for Prison Journalism Project. Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In 2021, writer Dorothy ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Chris Jacobs was 16 when he robbed a store. The man with him shot someone to death there, later took a plea ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Days before the documentary “The Alabama Solution” was nominated for an Academy Award, the three main ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The sweltering heat on my first day in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a little more than an hour north of New ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It truly is a man’s world, even in a women’s prison. In an environment where nothing is private, even the most ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The following story is part of PJP's special project, "The Graying of America’s Prisons." For this series, we ...