PJP believes that the only way to expand journalism behind bars and shed light on the U.S. prison system is to work together.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. When I came to prison as a 37-year-old, I had already been working since high school. Back then, I would attend ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. It’s no secret our food sucks. Terrible meals behind bars are as predictable as California sunshine. Most people ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. “What are you going to do with your check?” asked Ellis C. We were sitting on a bench in the dayroom waiting for ...

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. People in my facility are feeling the impact after Missouri increased the price of phone calls from state prisons ...

Lawrence BartleyLawrence Bartley is the founder and director of “News Inside,” the print publication of The Marshall Project ...

Prison Journalism Project publishes stories that help readers understand what life is like inside the prison system and provide perspectives on ways the system can be improved. We also like to publish ...

Who do you accept submissions from? We specialize in publishing stories by people who have experienced jail and prison firsthand. That means we accept stories from writers who are incarcerated or ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. For more than half of my life, I have not been free. I was sent to prison when I was 15 years old for ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Arkansas is one of eight states, alongside Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and ...