Donate to the Prison Journalism Project and I will paint your own fur baby as a gift! They are doing great work for artists behind bars. #art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart

I know we all love a cat story, but Kwaneta's really has it all! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll chant 'Free Fluffy' quietly to yourself...or maybe that was just me

I know we all love a cat story, but Kwaneta's really has it all! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll chant 'Free Fluffy' quietly to yourself...or maybe that was just me

Menstruation and incarceration. Kelsey's brave and powerful piece is about what it's like to experience both at once. Her honesty on this topic is so important and illuminating. I've been sharing it with every woman I know and hope you'll read and share it, too.

More than 800,000 Americans have died from opioids since 1999. But there’s another drug-related crisis in the US: the exploitative, underregulated drug rehab industry. That’s the focus of this week’s “More To The Story with Al Letson.”

“What you have accomplished here flies in the face of all the assumptions and stereotypes that have been heaped upon you,” Gov. Pritzker said. "To that I say: Don’t ever stop defying those expectations."

can someone who has seen Bring Her Back let me know if I will be very scared or a normal amount of scared

people in prison are often avid readers. (tbh, this is an understatement) check out some book reviews, recommendations and stories about reading from PJP writers:

2 weeks ago, I was visiting a prison in Oklahoma with @prisonjournalism.bsky.social and spotted someone reading book 6 of the Wheel of Time series. We were both sufficiently hyped to chat about it.

here's that cat pic I promised

i'm taking over PJP's account this week!!

Justin typically writes about making prison food palatable. Some of his recent stories are about making kimchi and how the addition of a microwave transformed dorm cooking. But after 11 years, dining hall food finally caught up with him.

started my annual reread of My Brilliant Friend. pls clap

thinking about how incarceration impacts ways of seeing always reminds me of this Reginald Dwayne Betts essay about The San Quentin Project

when my cousin was incarcerated, I had the idea that I should start taking photos of scenes from my every day life to share with him. I wanted him to see some of the things I was seeing. I didn't end up doing it because I was worried about making him miss home more, but now I wish I had

"i've let my nails get too long. it's becoming perilous" -something i just said out loud to myself

PJP writers react to the pictures from CECOT, El Salvador's notorious prison. From Troy in Michigan: “Being possessed, for instance, is a reality many of my readers would not intuitively understand." prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/05/15/e...

Compared with the curated pictures that are the mainstay of social media, Adrienne Salinger’s images of teens in their bedrooms, taken in the ’80s and ’90s, offer a sense of the perilousness of adolescence.

24/7 phone access, bookcases, LED lights: A new program modeled off European prisons is attempting to refocus prison culture on rehabilitation and community.

I don't WANT to enjoy the wheel of time books this much i just DO

GOOD NEWS: Phone calls in New York State prisons will be free starting next month, a critical win that will save families more than $13 million a year. Helping incarcerated people stay connected to their loved ones is an investment in public safety.

I visited California Medical Facility last summer and spent time with hospice patients and care workers in the garden there. it's hard to overstate the power of nature and outdoor spaces in people's lives prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/07/22/c...

i made this character map for my book club's discussion of A Visit From the Good Squad

sooo much of this story was brand new information to me i don't even know where to start prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/07/15/m...

the only thing that needs everything bagel seasoning is an everything bagel

buying everything but the bagel seasoning so i can slam dunk it into the trash

finished the new nat cassidy last night on the train — stephen king vibes but better in some ways. immediately requested his others from the lib

new PJP newsletter page just dropped! now you can scroll thru past editions of The Inside Story. might I recommend the ones about tattooing behind bars and winter in prison? prisonjournalismproject.org/newsletter/?... also if you scroll to the bottom there's a surprise! (horse story)

I don't usually read history but joe's dad picked Eric Foner's Forever Free for book club and....does his fandom have a name or do i have to make one myself

May 25 marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. His death sparked worldwide protests, but long before that moment, Floyd’s life told a story that many people in prison recognize.

My brother was one of seven people who died during an illegal strike by corrections officers in February. My family is desperate to know why.

you don't want to miss the stories we've got cooking at PJP. subscribe to The Inside Story and tell your friends!!

In Prison, Considering My Injury on a Scale of 🙂 to 😖

"Given a chance to remain in the country, Mr. Blair began to rebuild his life. He enrolled at a Columbia program for former prisoners, the Justice-in-Education Initiative, and was considering applying for a doctoral program."

The 3 books: 📖 “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together” by Heather McGhee 📖 “Salvation: Black People and Love” by bell hooks 📖 “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl

Troy Champman's latest opinion piece makes a compelling case for thinking of ambiguous rules on prison messaging platforms as a free speech issue: prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/03/18/p...

I've never seen a prison toilet with a layer of ice in it, yet I can't get the image out of my mind. Read more about extreme cold in prison here: prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/02/25/e...

What does such extreme cold weather feel like in prison? 27 Prison Journalism Project contributors in 17 states describe winter behind bars — and the small dignities that could make it more bearable. prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/02/25/e...

“World of Warcraft” books and “1001 Photographs You Must See in Your Lifetime" are banned in VA prisons for emphasizing “depictions or promotions of violence, disorder, insurrection, terrorist, or criminal activity.” prisonjournalismproject.org/2023/10/05/b...

Here's another compelling story about receiving mail in prison by D'Andre Morris. Mail isn't just paper in prison. It's a lifeline prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/23/t...

I remember hesitating before answering my cousins phone calls from prison or writing to him about our latest family gathering. I was afraid of adding to his pain. But as Lexie writes, "The truth is, I’d rather listen to the events of their day than deal with the silence or my surroundings."

On the advice of a formerly incarcerated colleague, we asked for the story by asking our writers to tell us about "a new sensational Super Mario Brother who recently arrived in your town. Not Mario, the other brother."

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.

another thing California's incarcerated firefighters have to contend with: yard politics prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/21/p...

Vaughn Wright on Luigi Mangione's stay at his PA prison: prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/23/l...

Here are a few sources and reports that we rely on to help add context to our writers’ stories ⤵️

me on a tuesday for no reason

“We’re doing this heroic, crucial work, but many people inside cannot support their family, can barely afford to just get hygiene [supplies] for themselves. ... Nobody is able to send money to cover the expenses their children are incurring.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

i am trying to distract myself from LA fire anxiety 😓