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I Don’t Want Incarcerated People to Feel Cut Off From the World

Librarian networks are trying to get books in the hands of people locked away in prisons and jails

Talking Reproductive Rights and Forced Sterilizations with Director Erika Cohn

The new film ‘Belly of the Beast’ explores the legacy of forced sterilizations in California’s prison system

Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline Starts Outside the Classroom

Chicago shows that the best way to keep young people out of jail is to make sure they’re staying busy

‘The Real Problem Lies With Bail Being Used as a Form of Punishment’

Bail bondsman Topo Padilla works in a $3 billion industry where Black and Hispanic detainees make up nearly half of the jail population

‘I Don’t Think Anyone Grows Up Wanting to Be a Prison Guard’

A corrections officer reflects on 15 years of working among incarcerated people

I Served 22 Years in Prison and Was Just Released Into a Pandemic

Vanessa Santiago departed as the virus began to spread through the prison. The outside world had changed in ways she was unprepared for.

What It’s Like to Be in Prison During the Coronavirus Pandemic

A new series about how this pandemic affects our lives, our loved ones, our work, and our way of life

How I Escaped From Prison

There was no chisel involved, no rope of bedsheets. But with the help of a willing accomplice, I found a way out.

My First Thanksgiving in the State Penitentiary

An unexpected lesson in the power of generosity

Finding Purpose as an Elderly Trans Woman in Men’s Prison

I didn’t have a mentor. I’m not going to let that happen to other trans and LGBTQ prisoners.

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