Earlier this year, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections made changes to the toilets. At State Correctional Institution, Mercer, toilet flushing in some cells is now limited to a single flush ...

I thought the game might be gruesome. Turns out, it was just like any other amateur sport. Some people played well, others played sloppily. There was good sportsmanship.

Several months ago, a group of women gathered in the common room of our maximum security prison. They were loud and rowdy. A young officer trainee instructed the women to quiet down, according to ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. About two years ago, I was sent to solitary confinement for having a cellphone charger and marijuana in my cell.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I put hope on layaway 12 years ago when I was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the ...

“I find it somewhat ironic that a person can learn to live life in a place where they were sent to die.” Living on death row is like a fish sinking into deep, dark water. Many find the pressure ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Interior of Idaho State Capitol building. Photo by Kingofthedead (CC BY-SA 4.0) In late March, Idaho became the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My first time in prison I told myself that I would never be foolish enough to get tattooed in this atmosphere.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...

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 ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Oct. 27, 2023, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a 125-year-old veterans service organization, opened its ...