Shakeil Price, Author at Prison Journalism Project

The Cells Inside ‘One of the Most Archaic Prisons in the United States’

by Shakeil Price March 18, 2026March 18, 2026

A photo illustration shows prison bars made of red pens in front of a crumpled up dollar bill.

The Best Job in This New Jersey Prison Is Still Exploitative

by Shakeil Price November 13, 2025November 12, 2025

A photo shows a red payphone inside a red telephone booth.

Kites

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

Why Won’t New Jersey Let Me Practice My Way of Life?

by Shakeil Price June 3, 2025May 29, 2025

a poster of george floyd planted in the snow

Special Project

I Could Have Been George Floyd

by Kwaneta Harris, Kory McClary, Shakeil Price, Jeffery Shockley, Vaughn Wright and Typography by Tré Seals May 22, 2025December 23, 2025

Kites

I Witnessed a Man Attempt to Kill Himself in Prison

by Shakeil Price July 29, 2024July 25, 2024

A shelf holds many sets of grey and white prison-issued clothing

Essays & Memoirs

This Is the Most Demeaning Act I Experience in Prison

by Shakeil Price October 4, 2023September 29, 2023

A pair of hands wearing white latex gloves injects a vaccine into an arm.

It’s Time to End the Vax Rule for Prisoners

by Shakeil Price April 2, 2023April 13, 2023