This summer, Pennsylvania’s prison system raised the cost of its cable package from around $17 to north of $22.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I may be in prison, but I am also a personal chef, with access to choice meats, a full pantry and a large spice ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In Idaho state prisons, a certain percentage of the cost of every commissary purchase and phone call goes into ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Every morning, I toss a large handful of dry oatmeal flakes onto the prison’s recreation yard to feed the animals ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On February 8, 2022, about an hour before the 6:30 a.m. morning count, an announcement rang out over the ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Recently, my lawyer instructed me to read the original transcripts from my trial and other legal documents he ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Incarcerated people in Massachusetts prisons have had access to limited internet service and e-mails since 2016, ...