Last year, Gov. Phil Murphy increased options for early release. It gave people in state prisons newfound hope.

Incarcerated women built a patio, and we use it for Bible study, leisurely picnics, to engage in mindfulness or yoga, and to play cards or crochet.

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, ...

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, ...

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. Two weeks before Christmas 2024, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola ...

The man who killed my brother might have been in jail with me. I decided mercy for him was the right choice.

Students saw photographs of their peers leaving prison and being embraced by college faculty and staff. The impact was profound.

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