Help unlock the stories of those on the inside

Your gift of any size — especially monthly gifts — will be matched dollar for dollar by NewsMatch, ensuring your support goes even further.

Become a member today!
  • Merch Store
  • Newsletter
  • Donate
  • Stories
    • News
    • Prison Report
    • Opinion
    • Perspective
    • Collections
    • Poems
    • Art & Illustrations
    • Topics
      • Life in Prison
      • Race & Identity
      • Gender & Sexuality
      • Criminal Justice Reform
      • Education
      • Technology & Communications
      • Death Row
      • Women in Prison
      • COVID-19
      • Mental Health
      • Health & Medical Care
      • Stories by Topic
  • Special Projects
    • Aging in Prison Special Series
    • Prison Newspaper Project
    • Listen & Watch
  • PJP J-School
    • About PJP J-School
    • PJP Inside
    • The P.I.T.
    • The Mighty Pen
  • Resource Hub
    • Overview
    • A Reporter’s Glossary of Prison Jargon
    • Legal Terminology
    • Laws Around Prison Journalism
    • Incarceration Data and Other Resources
    • Communicating With Prison Journalists
    • Contacting People By State
    • Language Around Incarceration
    • Working With Communities of Color
    • Safety of Writers
    • Safety of Staff
  • How We Work
    • How We Work
    • PJP Editorial Process
    • Under the Hood
    • Write For Us
    • Collaborate With Us
    • Volunteer For Us
    • PJP Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists
    • Resources Beyond PJP
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Team
    • Correspondents & Contributors
    • Our Writers
    • Board of Directors
    • Board of Advisors
    • Policies
    • News & Announcements
    • Work With Us
    • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Skip to content
Prison Journalism Project

Prison Journalism Project

Independent Journalism by the Incarcerated

  • Merch Store
  • Newsletter
  • Donate
  • Stories
    • News
    • Prison Report
    • Opinion
    • Perspective
    • Collections
    • Poems
    • Art & Illustrations
    • Topics
      • Life in Prison
      • Race & Identity
      • Gender & Sexuality
      • Criminal Justice Reform
      • Education
      • Technology & Communications
      • Death Row
      • Women in Prison
      • COVID-19
      • Mental Health
      • Health & Medical Care
      • Stories by Topic
  • Special Projects
    • Aging in Prison Special Series
    • Prison Newspaper Project
    • Listen & Watch
  • PJP J-School
    • About PJP J-School
    • PJP Inside
    • The P.I.T.
    • The Mighty Pen
  • Resource Hub
    • Overview
    • A Reporter’s Glossary of Prison Jargon
    • Legal Terminology
    • Laws Around Prison Journalism
    • Incarceration Data and Other Resources
    • Communicating With Prison Journalists
    • Contacting People By State
    • Language Around Incarceration
    • Working With Communities of Color
    • Safety of Writers
    • Safety of Staff
  • How We Work
    • How We Work
    • PJP Editorial Process
    • Under the Hood
    • Write For Us
    • Collaborate With Us
    • Volunteer For Us
    • PJP Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists
    • Resources Beyond PJP
  • About
    • About Us
    • Our Supporters
    • Our Team
    • Correspondents & Contributors
    • Our Writers
    • Board of Directors
    • Board of Advisors
    • Policies
    • News & Announcements
    • Work With Us
    • Contact Us
  • Highlight Menu
  • Holidays
  • Food & Recipes
  • Prison Newspaper Project

Jeffery Shockley

Jeffery Shockley is a writer incarcerated in Pennsylvania.

Side-by-side photos of before and after Jeffery Shockley's haircut
Posted inPerspective

What It Meant When I Cut Off My Dreadlocks After 14 Years

by Jeffery Shockley September 28, 2023September 21, 2023
Sign for SCI Mercer in Mercer, Pennsylvania
Posted inPerspective

After Two Decades, I Finally Transferred to a New Prison

by Jeffery Shockley August 31, 2023November 7, 2023
Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg
Posted inPerspective

Listen to Your Elders? Not Here

by Jeffery Shockley July 26, 2023July 21, 2023
Two men approach a table at a reentry fair at a PA state prison
Posted inOpinion

Why Prisons Fail to Rehabilitate People

by Jeffery Shockley June 22, 2023November 16, 2023
Traffic on the Schuykill Expressway (I-76) between Philadelphia and the northern and western suburbs
Posted inEssays & Memoirs

One Black Man’s Journey From the Suburbs to Prison

by Jeffery Shockley May 11, 2023May 15, 2023
Secretary of Corrections George Little
Posted inNews

News: Pennsylvania Institutes Prison Pay Increase, A First in 30 Years

by Jeffery Shockley April 9, 2023April 7, 2023
A collection of old clocks mounted on a brick wall
Posted inPerspective

How to Approach a New Year That’s Just Like All the Old Years

by Jeffery Shockley March 16, 2023March 10, 2023
Aging in prison can be a long journey
Posted inPoetry

To Keep From Falling

by Jeffery Shockley February 6, 2023February 3, 2023
Bare trees of winter, as imagined from prison
Posted inPerspective

How to Endure the Winters of a Life Sentence

by Jeffery Shockley January 9, 2023January 9, 2023
Socks hang on a clothesline in anticipation of another Christmas in prison
Posted inPoetry

’Twas the Night Before Christmas in Prison

by Jeffery Shockley December 23, 2022December 15, 2022

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Older posts
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

SHARE YOUR STORY

  • Our Writers
  • Write for Us

ABOUT

  • About PJP
  • Our Supporters
  • PJP J-School
  • Collaborate With Us
  • Volunteer

POLICIES

  • Our Values
  • Editorial Policy
  • Ethics Statement
  • Gift Policy
  • Republication Policy
  • Corrections & Takedown Policy
  • Privacy Policy

MORE

  • Newsletter
  • Merch Store
  • Contact
  • RSS Feed

© 2023 Prison Journalism Project. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy