Something Wonderful is Happening in American Prisons. Really.
Kenner explores the recent change in the law to allow people who are incarcerated to receive Pell Grants after decades of being locked out of this federal program providing tuition assistance for low-income students.
Sacred Space: Why Libraries Are Essential to Incarcerated Writers
Incarcerated writer Warren Bronson offers an autobiographical account of the significant libraries he has passed through in his life and how each one became sacred to its patrons, employees, and community.
Book Review: It's time to rethink parole in the age of mass incarceration
Review of Ben Austin's latest book Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change, a reflection on parole and the role of second chances in an age of mass incarceration.
Prison Is a Dangerous Place for LGBTQ+ People. I Made a Safe Space in the Library.
Michael Shane Hale, an incarcerated writer in New York, writes about being openly queer in prison and redesigning the prison library into a space of belonging.
Here’s How I Use My Story to Teach Incarcerated Kids That Writing Matters
Formerly incarcerated writer Bobby Bostic writes about why he encourages kids in prison to express themselves through writing.
The Prisoner and the Pen
John J. Lennon reflects on his career as a prison journalist and the history of the profession as its struggled against restrictive regulations and legal reform.
Listening to Taylor Swift In Prison
Self-declared Swiftie, Joe Garcia makes a poignant case for how the music of Taylor Swift can resonante within the walls of a prison and how access to music is crucial for helping those inside feel connected to the world and others outside.
My Neighbors in Solitary
Kwaneta Harris offers an intimate look at the state of literacy within a Texas state prison, illustrating how systemic inequities have often led to limited access to reading and how those inside strive for and create communities of readership regardless.
A Harvest of the Heart
The Volunteer Prison Community Gardening Project, run out of Buena Vista Correctional Facility, has been growing fresh produce for Cooperating Ministries of Logan County to provide fresh produce for families in need across Colorado.
The Prison Newspaper
An in depth look into the history of prison newspapers across the nation featuring an interview with Phillip Vance Smith II, editor of Nash Correctional Institution's chief publication, The Nash News.
For prisoners, the power of writing
The importance and transformative power of writing for incarcerated individuals.
The song that left me speechless: In Studio 111, music and poetry let youth in detention be heard
Radical Reversal Cofounder Randall Horton writes about creating a music studio—Studio 111—at Ross G. Bell Jefferson County Youth Detention Center, and the growth of incarcerated teen and artist Lil K.