M. Yayah Sandi, Author at Prison Journalism Project

Sign at Tyre Nichols protest at the Ohio Statehouse

Tyre Nichols

by M. Yayah Sandi February 22, 2023February 21, 2023

NJ-STEP has helped hundreds of individuals in New Jersey prisons earn college degrees.

Kites

College Degrees Help Incarcerated People Take the Next Step to Freedom

by M. Yayah Sandi November 15, 2022November 29, 2022

Traumatic brain injuries can negatively influence behavior later in life.

Q&A

Q&A: Is Prison the Best Place for ‘A Broken Mind’?

by M. Yayah Sandi October 27, 2022October 21, 2022

A man walks on a narrow snowy road between two looming concrete buildings.

Dreams

by M. Yayah Sandi August 5, 2022July 30, 2022

Immigrants of many ethnic backgrounds appear at a swearing in ceremony for US citizenship

Even in Prison, U.S. Citizenship Keeps Me Where I Want to Be

by M. Yayah Sandi July 1, 2022June 30, 2022

A group photograph of 31 people at a Juneteenth Celebration in Emancipation Park in Houston's Fourth Ward.

On Juneteenth, Seek Out Stories Beneath Your Feet

by M. Yayah Sandi June 20, 2022August 9, 2022

Close-up of a bullet hole in glass isolated on black

After the Grocery Store Massacre, An Ode to Buffalo

by M. Yayah Sandi June 3, 2022June 2, 2022

‘There’s No Such Thing as a Winnable War’

by M. Yayah Sandi March 15, 2022August 11, 2022

Kites

Coping With the COVID-19 Surge in East Jersey State Prison

by M. Yayah Sandi January 19, 2022February 23, 2022

Prison Policy on Family Connections Contradicted by Practice

by M. Yayah Sandi October 12, 2021February 23, 2022