Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I saw the announcement in spring 2024 for the second annual Battle of the Bands at my Colorado prison, I ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When my gate finally opened, I took a tentative step outside my cell and assessed my surroundings. It was the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I’ve never seen staff at the California state prisons where I’ve lived drink water from the prison plumbing ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. My first assignment as a peer specialist in my prison was to run a bingo game on weekend afternoons in the ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Ms. Allen died saying, “Imma die, Imma die.” That’s what people heard in our prison. She wasn’t feeling well, but ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. There is not much I can do to control my situation at my prison. For example, I can’t choose to come and go from ...

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