Every morning, I wake up to two lemon-colored eyes peering at me. They belong to Lady, a delicate and regal Persian-domestic mix, with short, feathery ebony fur. She is my only friend in this dismal ...

Coping with the demeaning and adversarial nature of prisons is taxing. Prison is loud. Violence breaks out. People are disruptive. For all of these reasons and more, prison causes mental, physical and ...

My Florida facility has special incentives, one of which is ice cream. For a while, we’ve gotten pints, a larger portion than usual.

This cartoon is of a prison guard as a sheepherder. We’re the sheep. One main task of guards is to count the prison population. Count happens multiple times per day. This act is like a shepherd ...

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

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 ...

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.

Standing between the law and incarceration gives me a unique perspective on mass incarceration in America.

Gospel singer Kurt Franklin and Maverick City Music recorded a live concert at a Florida prison in March to spread love and hope.

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.

You won’t find it in any psychology manual. But incarceration-borne PTSD is a real mental health disorder, and it’s reached crisis levels.

This is my second time being in Colorado State Penitentiary, which has been referred to as the most violent prison in the state. My first stint here I saw death within a month of arriving.