Page 114 — Prison Journalism Project

Line drawing of a group of people with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Family Created Behind the Walls

by Quincy Jones September 2, 2022

Mirror image of a man facing inward, with the background of a bandanna; one half is tinted red and the other half is tinted blue.

Q&A

A Blood and a Crip Talk Prison Food and Faith

by Chris.X September 1, 2022September 19, 2023

Surreal drawings of two men's heads with stairs in one forehead and a door on the side of the other head.

Kites

One of the Most Precious Commodities in Prison

by Leo Cardez September 1, 2022

A happy man hugs his smiling young daughter.

The Deep, Fleeting Joy of Contact Visits with My Daughter

by Juan Ibn-Don Mumit Turner August 31, 2022

A woman's head and hand leans against a white filmy curtain.

Irresistible

by Safi Dona't August 31, 2022

A pair of blue flip-flops, with straps removed, float over a metal toilet and soapy orange background

Humor

‘Ass Slippers’ Play Pivotal Role in Prison Hygiene

by Kevin A. Connell August 30, 2022

Rear wall of Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York

Let Incarcerated People Serve the Communities They Hurt

by Sheldon P. Johnson August 30, 2022

Protester holds up sign with George Floyd painted on a purple background with the words "Rest in Power" and "BLM"

Opinion, Poetry

‘When They Took You Away From Us, It Took Away Our Breath’

by Robert David Frazier August 29, 2022

A shadow casts over a wall clock that reads 1:14

Second-By-Second Death

by E.D.H. August 29, 2022September 14, 2023

Photo of Adam Solorzano

Essays & Memoirs

How I Went From County Jail to Lighting a Path for Others

by Adam Solorzano August 26, 2022January 27, 2023