PJP Editorial Associate Marcus Henderson’s poem “The Pen” as read by Chukwumaijem Idigo and acted by Babajide Okesola.
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The stories in this section combine our writers’ written work with images, music and voice overs. This is an experimental section that seeks new ways of engaging our readers, led by Christopher Etienne, Prison Journalism Project’s director of multimedia and a formerly incarcerated documentary journalist.
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The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline
Prison Journalism Project editorial associate Arthur Longworth, who is himself a former foster child, speaks about how the system makes their wards feel like “prison is exactly where you were raised to be.”
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All Eyes on the Election: Dispatch From San Quentin
As millions of Americans participate in the voting process during the 2020 elections both in-person and by mail, Prison Journalism Project contributing writer Joe Garcia called in this dispatch from San Quentin State Prison to shed light on the political climate behind bars.
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Dispatch from NJSP: Faith Behind Bars
Over six months after New Jersey State Prison shut down all programming to combat the spread of COVID-19, contributing writer Tariq MaQbool called in this dispatch to report that the Islamic Friday prayers — known as Jummah — had finally resumed at the facility.
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Dispatch from San Quentin
After a summer dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak and the wildfires, Prison Journalism Project contributing writer Joe Garcia called in this dispatch from San Quentin State Prison about a rare day in early September when the air felt crisp and clean.
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Click, Bang
In this spoken word performance piece, Christopher Etienne speaks of the injustices and deprivations that lie at the heart of the mass incarceration system.
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We Need to Decarcerate
Let me just shoot straight. We are where we stand now because everyone had a desire to incarcerate.
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Voices from Cook County Jail: “We are All Going to Catch it”
I was just in segregation. Thirty-five days. I came out Monday, and I was not in this quarantine deck, and they put me on the quarantine deck with people that were over here sick. And I wasn’t sick at all.