The outcry apparently achieved its intended effect. On Oct. 11, 2024, less than a year after it opened, the post was officially shut down. Members of the group felt betrayed and abandoned by the VFW, ...

After spending 10 years in prison, I embarked on a 600-mile journey from Fort Dix, a federal prison in New Jersey, to a halfway house in Detroit. Early on the morning of my release, my name was called ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One day at the Washington State Penitentiary, I saw a blind man named Francisco and his friend Jorge walking down ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The view from my cell window is an Amazon shipping center. At night, I watch the big rigs on the loading docks, ...

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 ...

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

Many of New York’s prisons were built hundreds of years before modern cooling systems, and they have never been updated.

Luigi Mangione was incarcerated at my Pennsylvania prison, SCI Huntingdon, for close to two weeks in December. Here's what we saw.

I have two pride flags in my cell — a trans pride flag and a gay pride flag. The decorations represent hope and remind me to live each day to the fullest.

I came to prison when I was 15. Now I’m 34. Behind bars, I've found peace with myself. Even in prison, I find blessings and witness beauty.

I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.