For Columns, a quarterly publication produced by the Dallas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Xandan Gulley writes with Ben Reavis about unbearable heat inside Texas prisons. www.aiadallas.org/columns/pris...

For The Media Co-op, Demetrius Buckley writes about experiencing wildfires from Canada at his Michigan prison. "June 3, 2025. I can’t breathe. I wake up in an eight-man cube at JCS Correctional Facility in Jackson, Michigan. I pull the air inside my lungs and heave." mediacoop.ca/node/119308

For The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Darrell Jackson writes from Washington State prison: "While incarcerated, I became a “better late than never” enthusiast for higher education," his essay states. jbhe.com/2025/09/thin...

For @solitarywatch.bsky.social, EIC Juan Haines reviews and reflects on "No Human Contact: Solitary Confinement, Maximum Security, and Two Inmates Who Changed the System,” by Pete Earley. solitarywatch.org/2025/09/02/w...

The latest in our partnership with Black Lipstick, where we highlight essays from women and queer incarcerated writers, is STATE PROPERTY by Kim Hricko: "In 2025, a piece of cardboard is contraband." blacklipstick.substack.com/p/state-prop...

For Open Secrets Magazine, @chriswblackwell.bsky.social starts his essay with: "How did I end up a prison journalist? That is a question I’ve asked myself many times." substack.com/home/post/p-...

Only about 25 percent of housing units in Florida's prisons are equipped with AC. Incarcerated writer Anthony Cobb and Alex DeLuca of @miaminewtimes.com write what this summer was like in Florida prisons: www.miaminewtimes.com/news/life-in...

For the @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, @chriswblackwell.bsky.social and Deborah Zalesne share how their love of the Eagles bonded them across difference and prison walls: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/eagles-fando...

Latest from Tony Vick, incarcerated in Tennessee:

In conjunction with @chriswblackwell.bsky.social + Deborah Zalesne's upcoming book release of ENDING ISOLATION, Zeke Magazine has a dedicated print issue about solitary confinement. View it here: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...

Big congrats to Robert Lee Williams, who has a moving story about the power of trees in prison for the @nytimes.com. "Beyond the chain-link fence that separates the yard from the rest of the prison, I saw not one but three towering, majestic black walnut trees..." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"California’s REPAIR Act shows there’s a better way to manage restitution, for both incarcerated people and survivors." Steve Brooks for @fastcompany.com: www.fastcompany.com/91388476/fix...

In another contribution to @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social Abolition Week, Lanae Tipton writes about the grim reality of receiving mental healthcare in Texas prisons: scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/the-...

Continuing our contributions for @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social's Abolition Week, Xandan Gulley writes about Texas fight night: scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/the-...

"Two years into the California Model — which was implemented to decrease violence and stress inside facilities — violence is up and stress is through the roof." D. Razor Babb for @knockdotla.bsky.social: knock-la.com/is-the-new-c...

“Our Commemoration of Black August Transforms These Spaces of Intended Destruction into Laboratories of Liberation” by @kwanetaharris.bsky.social for @solitarywatch.bsky.social. Read her essay here: solitarywatch.org/2025/08/22/r...

For International Examiner's On the Fence Line column, Felix Sitthivong writes about the positive and healing impact of gardening while incarcerated: iexaminer.org/on-the-fence...

Check out a few recent stories from Tony Vick for @filtermag.bsky.social: Tennessee prisoners who know ICE is waiting: filtermag.org/undocumented... What the Southern Baptist Church taught me about LGBTQ+ Education: filtermag.org/southern-bap...

Corey Devon Arthur writes about a new directive in New York prisons that permits prison guards to record strip searches using body cameras, for @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social Abolition Week. "Why is the carceral state storing recordings of typical strip-frisks?" scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/a-ne...

For @scalawagmagazine.bsky.social's Abolition Week, E. Paris Whitfield shares the poem "Ain't Sh*t Changed." Ain 't sh*t changed… It sits in another toilet, and we are ass out... scalawagmagazine.org/2025/08/aint...

Huge congrats to @chriswblackwell.bsky.social, @kwanetaharris.bsky.social ,Deborah Zalesne and Terry Kupers, whose book ENDING ISOLATION: The Case Against Solitary Confinement, was reviewed in @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Here's the latest by Steve Brooks for Bay City News. "Salvadoran people in California prisons face a unique and unfortunate situation..." he writes: localnewsmatters.org/2025/08/22/s...

"I first met my wife in high school, but we fell in love 15 years later when I mistakenly sent Britteni an email meant for my friend's girlfriend...." A prison love story, by Antoine E. Davis, for Merion West: www.merionwest.com/a-prison-lov...

E. Paris Whitfield's poem "I redream a world" is featured in the latest issue of Jelly Bucket, titled Voices of Incarceration. You can read more info and purchase it here: www.jellybucket.org/home/issue-1...

Thoughtful piece on the death penalty by an incarcerated journalist

For @prismreports.org, Lyle C. May asks: "Is sentencing your neighbors to death ‘the will of the people’?" A North Carolina bill would enact firing squads and the electric chair. prismreports.org/2025/07/24/i...

For @readlux.bsky.social, Bobbi Cobaugh writes about her fight as a jailhouse lawyer to protect makeup use for incarcerated women. "Dignity begins with coffee then my makeup routine." lux-magazine.com/article/make...

ICYMI: Antoine E. Davis's contribution to our Incarcerated Writers Series is still up on our website. Thanks to @empowermentave.bsky.social for making this series possible.

For @solitarywatch.bsky.social, Sara Kielly recounts her experience defending a fellow incarcerated woman facing solitary confinement for a disciplinary infraction. solitarywatch.org/2025/08/07/v...

As part of our ongoing Incarcerated Writers series in partnership with @empowermentave.bsky.social, we're proud to share the testimony of Antoine E. Davis, a tale of a father's journey to break the cycle of violence from within the walls of prison. spectrejournal.com/breaking-the...

D. Razor Babb's latest book, "Voices from the Shadows: Writing & reporting from Inside," is now available on Amazon! Buy it here: tinyurl.com/4rxxhjf2

In our latest with Spectre Journal, Antoine E. Davis reflects breaking cycles of violence: "Parenting from prison had never offered advantages—that is, until the day my teenaged son told me how he felt about his best friend being shot in front of him." spectrejournal.com/breaking-the...

@chriswblackwell.bsky.social + Unlock the Box + Look2Justice released info on their Journey to Justice Bus Tour, blending artivism, public education and immersive experiences to end solitary confinement. Events will happen across the country, starting this September: journeytojusticetour.com

@kwanetaharris.bsky.social has a fundraiser that's live with the goal of raising funds for her kids to come see her in person for the first time in a decade. You can support her and her family here: www.gofundme.com/f/bring-kwan...

Latest from @kwanetaharris.bsky.social is now up on @prismreports.org about tear gas inside Texas prisons. "Guards deploy tear gas for cursing, for walking too slowly, for asking too many questions. It’s not about safety; it’s about control." prismreports.org/2025/08/07/t...

Phillip Vance Smith's latest Substack article covers a New North Carolina law that will keep innocent people locked up. "We need all the help we can get to bring awareness to important issues like this one," he is asking readers. prisonlifeunlocked.substack.com/p/slaughteri...

For @48hills.bsky.social, Timothy Peoples writes about when a minor parole violation becomes another life sentence. "San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, where I am incarcerated, has become home to more than 40 'lifer violators' " ... 48hills.org/2025/08/when...

Felix Sitthivong's latest column for International Examiner, On the Fence Line, is all about resisting ICE: iexaminer.org/on-the-fence...

@kwanetaharris.bsky.social penned the essay Chemical Chains for the latest TriQuarterly lit magazine. It begins: " Dawn hadn't even broken when I watched my cellmate struggle with her makeshift solution." www.triquarterly.org/issue-168/ch...

@kwanetaharris.bsky.social wrote the preface for the guide "Best Practices in Defending Women and Gender Minorities," just released by Cornell Law School. "A gender-sensitive lawyer wouldn’t have shamed me for my past," she writes. dpw.lawschool.cornell.edu/publication/...

For @thebarbedwire.com, Lanae Tipton writes about urgently needing air conditioning inside Texas prisons. "On any given summer day, someone incarcerated in a TDCJ facility could have a heat-induced stroke or seizure..." thebarbedwire.com/2025/07/25/t...

For the blog A Real Hood Square's Perspective, @kwanetaharris.bsky.social writes about the criminalization of LGBTQ+ intimacy inside Texas women's prisons. Read it here: tharealhoodsquare.com/blog-page/f/...

For @opencampus.org, Kun Lyna "K" Tauch writes about an employment program that was supporting him post incarceration, until funding was cut by President Trump. www.opencampus.org/2025/07/21/f...

Marissa Leanne Potts writes for @prismreports.org on what it is like to be pregnant and in jail. "Pregnant women in jail must shoulder the fear and anxiety of their impending labor alone in the face of apathy and neglect from prison staff." prismreports.org/2025/07/21/p...

Sara Kielly in the Survivor Chronicles podcast: "Sara tells her own story about how the sexual and physical abuse she suffered starting from an early age and later in her intimate relationship ultimately led to the incident for which she was criminalized." open.spotify.com/episode/1Uiu...

Congrats to Lyle May, who has officially graduated from Adams State University. Read more and see his diploma on his newsletter this week. mailchi.mp/eadce79158cb...

Writer and artist Alvin Smith shares words and art with @opencampus.org, in a profile of the joint bachelor’s program that Hope College and Western Theological Seminary offered at his Michigan prison. www.opencampus.org/2025/07/07/s...

Lyle May speaks with the podcast Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen about Trump's insatiable appetite for prisons. Listen here: keepingdemocracyalive.com/his-insatiab...

The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms. Phillip Vance Smith reports for @boltsmag.org : boltsmag.org/north-caroli...

For @theprogressivemag.bsky.social, Tariq MaQbool writes why so many people at his New Jersey prison support Donald Trump. progressive.org/latest/why-s...