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These are stories and other work from writers and artists in Pennsylvania as well as stories that take place there.

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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
A hand holds a colorful birthday card
Posted inEssays & Memoirs

My Cellblock Community Gave Me the Best Birthday Present

by Preston J. September 19, 2023September 15, 2023
Three deer walk through lightly fallen snow.
Posted inPoetry

Haikus from Chambersburg

by Rāmdev September 17, 2023September 15, 2023
Bed behind prison bars
Posted inEssays & Memoirs

Helping Dying Prisoners Has Taught Me to Be More Compassionate

by Larry N. Stromberg September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Tiered cell block at Alcatraz
Posted inPoetry

I’ll Remember It All

by Gregory “Royal” Fann September 5, 2023September 1, 2023
Sign and entrance to SCI Chester in Chester, Pennsylvania
Posted inEssays & Memoirs

Returning to Prison — As a Teacher

by David L. Garlock September 3, 2023September 1, 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, 2023August 22, 2023
A small hourglass rests on a red glowing background
Posted inPoetry

Traumata

by Rāmdev August 22, 2023August 18, 2023
Prison cell block
Posted inKites

The Silence of the Hole Is Maddening

by Antoine "Indy" Walker August 13, 2023August 18, 2023
Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg
Posted inPerspective

Listen to Your Elders? Not Here

by Jeffery Shockley July 26, 2023July 21, 2023

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