Jeffrey McKee, Author at Prison Journalism Project

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My Job at a Washington State Prison Newsmagazine

by Jeffrey McKee September 9, 2025

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Phone Calls Are a Lifeline in Prison, But They Are Expensive

by Cesar Hernandez, Lucretia Stone, Shakeil Price, Chastyn Hicks, Jeffrey McKee, Daniel K. Talburt, Jeffery Shockley and Vaughn Wright July 24, 2025August 7, 2025

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Postcard From The Yard

How We Are Supporting a Blind Man at My Prison

by Jeffrey McKee July 15, 2025July 15, 2025

A photo illustration shows three identical posters on a white brick wall. The posters read "Overdose? Use Narcan" and have a bottle of the medication to reverse an opioid overdose. Below the bottle is a 1-800 number that is unreadable.

Addiction Treatment in Washington State Prisons Is Scarce and Confusing

by Jeffrey McKee April 22, 2025

A photo illustration shows two hands reaching toward each other through abstract jail cell bars, one holding a cup of tea, and one holding a jar of Vics VapoRub.

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Tips for Dealing With the Flu in Prison

by Jeffrey McKee March 20, 2025

How Plants and Pups Helped Transform This Prison Unit

by Jeffrey McKee January 10, 2025

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Postcard From The Yard

What a Hair Dryer Says About Autonomy and Activism Behind Bars

by Jeffrey McKee October 30, 2024

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Do People in Prison Have a Right to Be Heard?

by Jeffrey McKee October 16, 2024October 16, 2024

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How I Smuggled a Plant Into My Prison Cell

by Jeffrey McKee February 6, 2024

An inmate patient at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash. reads in a room at the Psychiatric Ward on Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Joe Tierney)

Three Suicides in One Week at a Washington State Prison

by Jeffrey McKee November 15, 2023