Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Most days, I get started at 4:30 a.m. with a not-so-polite reminder from my alarm clock, telling me that it’s ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For three years while incarcerated, I experienced the digital world through a contraband cellphone, which ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers. Photos from Adobe Stock The toilets here have no seats or covers to mask ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In the 1980s, awaiting my trial in jail, I underwent a rite of passage among many prisoners. I got a tattoo from ...

Around 2010, Sara Bennett, a former public defender, began taking portraits of women who had been incarcerated with Judith Clark. Clark, convicted for her role in a deadly and well-known Weather ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On Aug. 22, I saw something I had never seen before in my 20-plus years in Alabama prisons. Around 1 p.m. on that ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In early July, I attended what I thought was a routine doctor’s appointment in the medical department of ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Well into September, heat remains an unavoidable aspect of life behind bars. Current and former Learning+ ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For almost two decades, I drifted through my time in prison feeling purposeless. In my mind, the world was black ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Like many Americans, I’ve struggled with weight for much of my life. I’ve tried dieting, working out and changing ...