My friend Jonathan Chiu's remembrance of the late great Marcus "Wali" Henderson, the former editor-in-chief of San Quentin News. Wali was a dear friend, and this piece brings tears to my eyes every time I read it. prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/10/28/i...

This story blew me away when I read it. Periods are a pain regardless of where you are, but imagine only being given a limited supply every month.

Very excited to be hosting a virtual event on 9/17 to share the latest on our work at PJP (@prisonjournalism.bsky.social). Hope you can join us!

Needed this reminder right now.

I remember being shocked when I first saw the tiny, low-res devices that people in prison refer to as tablets, but this is just... wow. I haven't thought about floppy disks in 30 years. Wonder how many people out there don't even know what it is.

As someone who started out not knowing anything about nonprofit fundraising five years ago, and was both a listener and a student of @rheawong.bsky.social's podcast "Nonprofit Lowdown," I feel like I unlocked a new level speaking about @prisonjournalism.bsky.social on it. 😁

Humbled to feel the support of this community. This work isn't always easy, and it's been a tough year, but moments like this make me realize how many people are standing with us. Thank you!!! 🫶

If anyone is able, and so inclined, I believe this to be worthy of support!

We'd be so grateful for your support if you are able to give. In these tough times, every penny counts.

Wali and PJP co-founder @yukarikane.bsky.social sky.social worked together, running San Quentin News' Journalism Guild, and he was one of she and @profpasha.bsky.social's biggest supporters and champions when they first launched the organization.

Thinking about this piece this morning. The author Marcus "Wali" Henderson passed away last Friday after a battle with cancer. He wrote this for @prisonjournalism.bsky.social in its earliest of days, and we had it on our "About Us" page for a long time, reminding us of why we do this work.

People ask me all the time about the stories @prisonjournalism.bsky.social Prison Journalism Project publishes and how they can read them. If you haven't yet, please subscribe to "The Inside Story," our weekly newsletter. If you are already subscribed, grateful if you could share with your friends.

Appreciate this SO much!

Sooo excited about the 2025 Stillwater journalism awards Zoom ceremony honoring excellence in journalism in about an hour. @prisonjournalism.bsky.social is co-sponsors with @spj-posts.bsky.social. There's still time to sign up. Join us! :-)

I don't typically read law journals but this one by a formerly incarcerated scholar on double-double consciousness as a new way of thinking about the psychological impact of being a black prisoner was excellent and thought provoking. I can't remember ever reading an academic article so engrossing.

Reading this @prisonjournalism.bsky.social story reminded me of my visit to Mule Creek State Prison in Calif a few yrs ago when most of the people in the yard had walkers, canes or hearing/visual impaired warning vests. I remember feeling like I was at a senior center.

Really impressive reporting by @nytimes.com and @mississippitoday.org. The ironclad evidence they gathered is shocking and awful.

I talk about this story all the time because the idea that someone is serving as a neighborhood commissioner from behind bars blew my mind as did the challenges she has overcome. I never would’ve known about it if she hadn’t written the story.

Belatedly sharing, but I'm so excited about this!

This piece has got to be one of the best expressions I've ever read on what prison trauma feels like and the struggle to keep one's empathy from a writer who has been in prison since he was 15 yrs old. It will be required reading for us at PJP @prisonjournalism.bsky.social.

I'm a huge fan of Kwaneta Harris and her sharp writing from inside her Texas prison cell. This latest by her on @opencampus.org is on point: "The “celebration” of Black History Month entails posters of MLK, George Washington Carver, and Rosa Parks plastered around the education building...

27 PJP contributors in 17 states describe winter behind bars: people in wheelchairs in the snow, cold showers that feel like "being stabbed by a million icicles," and a layer of ice in the toilet. Lieyleen tells us how difficult winter in a Md prison has been even for someone from Siberia like her.

Writer Donna Hockman was allowed to have a bible even though it includes stories of incest, murder, sex and violence, but she was denied "The Battered Woman Syndrome" and "Counseling for Women," two important resources. She wrote it two years ago but feels very relevant in these times.

As a Japanese woman who straddles two countries myself (and never felt like I fit in completely in Japan), I am so so proud of what Naomi Osaka has overcome and accomplished.

It’s not the KonMari Method. But the Convict Method shares a similar result. A writer shares the life changing joy of tidying his prison cell.

If anyone is looking for the positive right now, and books to add to your list, check the shortlisted books for the Inside Literary Prize. 25 incarcerated judges from 12 prisons will be selecting the winner. Love this program so much!

@newsnation.bsky.social asked @prisonjournalism.bsky.social's writer relations manager JoyBelle Phelan to talk about PJP writer Vaughn Wright's story "When Luigi Mangione Came to Our Prison." 🙂 prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/23/l...

Thinking about the implications of this and what kind of adults they become: "The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills... was the largest it has been in the exam’s three-decade history — 33 percent."

Just want to thank everyone for showing up for @prisonjournalism.bsky.social in the end-of-year fundraising campaign. We were so worried about how we were going to do amidst all the need in the world, but our friends here on Bluesky helped propel us into raising over $50,000.

Hi. Just wanted to introduce myself. @profpasha.bsky.social and I started PJP at the beginning of the pandemic, and it felt like another historical moment when so many people's experiences would go unheard.

Our writer Vaughn Wright tells the story of what it was like when Luigi Mangione showed up at his Pennsylvania prison. It took a few weeks to get this out because we had to rely on postal mail to ask for the story and get it back without creating problems.