Prison Journalism Project
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An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories. Support our work: https://bit.ly/4rioDIW
How One Woman’s Grandson Inspired Her to Get a College Degree in Prison
How One Woman’s Grandson Inspired Her to Get a College Degree in Prison
Ms. Yvonne thought her GED was the end of her educational journey. Then, her youngest grandson got into college.
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I Advocated for a Return of My Prison’s Recreation Programs. Then I Was Transferred.
I Advocated for a Return of My Prison’s Recreation Programs. Then I Was Transferred.
At Idaho State Correctional Institution, the recreation department was once the center of life. Then came its fall.
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PJP's editorial director spoke with writer John J. Lennon about both the need and difficulty of reckoning with one’s crime in writing, and in life.
Q&A: PJP Interviews a Leader of the Prison Journalism Renaissance
The writer discusses why owning your crime is some of the hardest work you’ll ever do.
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How One Woman’s Grandson Inspired Her to Get a College Degree in Prison
How One Woman’s Grandson Inspired Her to Get a College Degree in Prison
Ms. Yvonne thought her GED was the end of her educational journey. Then, her youngest grandson got into college.
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I Advocated for a Return of My Prison’s Recreation Programs. Then I Was Transferred.
I Advocated for a Return of My Prison’s Recreation Programs. Then I Was Transferred.
At Idaho State Correctional Institution, the recreation department was once the center of life. Then came its fall.
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Cancer is the leading cause of death inside U.S. prisons, even though it is the second leading cause of death nationwide. While most people diagnosed with cancer outside prison survive at least five years, incarcerated people are far less likely to survive that long.
Cancer in Prison
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PJP's editorial director spoke with writer John J. Lennon about both the need and difficulty of reckoning with one’s crime in writing, and in life.
Q&A: PJP Interviews a Leader of the Prison Journalism Renaissance
The writer discusses why owning your crime is some of the hardest work you’ll ever do.
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My Only Niece Was Born a Few Months After I Was Arrested for Murder. She Represented Hope for Me.
Watching My Niece Grow Up in a Prison Visiting Room
I wanted to be part of her life. Sixteen years later, I am.
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“If you commit a crime and the judge says you’re going to spend 20 years in prison, that is the sentence: taking away your liberties, your right to vote, to do other things. The sentence didn’t include losing your leg from diabetes or losing your life from poor care.” Story via @thexylom.com
‘We Are Such a Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decad...
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced Friday that she has restored voting rights for 66,085 people who otherwise wouldn’t be able to vote due to past felony convictions. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Virginia Gov. Spanberger has restored voting rights for 66,000 people with past felony convictions
The volume presents a dramatic reversal of prior Gov. Glenn Youngkin's tenure, when he restored less than 10,000 voter's rights during his entire four-year term.
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Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths. Story via @themarshallproject.org.
A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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As back-of-house tutor in the food technology and hospitality class at his Michigan prison Christopher teaches two to five students a day to cook gourmet meals that about 70 staff members buy for $4 to $8, with proceeds going back into the class budget.
The Most Coveted Job in the Michigan Prison System
As a chef tutor in prison, I teach people how to handle food safely, and how to cook and bake. It has lots of perks, but the pay is still abysmal.
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Cancer is the leading cause of death inside U.S. prisons, even though it is the second leading cause of death nationwide. While most people diagnosed with cancer outside prison survive at least five years, incarcerated people are far less likely to survive that long.
Cancer in Prison
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Who’s the best vendor for California prisons? A survey of residents in my facility shows a clear winner — as well as the downsides we can’t avoid.
Who’s the Best Vendor for California Prisons?
I surveyed people in my prison unit to find out which vendors people preferred. Walkenhorst won for its dependability.
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
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Y'all can be the first to know that we reached our $15,000 goal over night! 🙌🏽
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.It's too early in the morning for me to verify, but I'm pretty sure we hit that goal of 10 new donations from Bluesky. 🎵 Now close your eyes, and make that wish, think about and blow out your candle ... Thank you, Bluesky!
I support this because it's really important to hear the voices of those who are typically kept voiceless.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
I support PJP because I think that everyone deserves a chance to be heard. If you are truly talking about making sure that people are productive members of society again, then fostering their creativity is a thing that you should consider. #FivePlacesFiveDollars
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
I support @prisonjournalism.bsky.social because incarcerated people are still people.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
I spent the spring semester studying the history of journalism by incarcerated writers in the United States, plus why it is such a critical thing to support voices coming from a world as opaque as the US prison system. Prison Journalism Project inspired my project and assisted my project.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
Just because a person finds themselves in prison, doesn't mean they've stopped being human. That in combination with an understanding of the unfair nature of our justice system is why I support the Prison Journalism Project.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
it’s important that we see articles about what is actually happening in prisons. they’ve been journalists since before the recent rise of fascism and we need them now more than ever.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
Y'all can be the first to know that we reached our $15,000 goal over night! 🙌🏽
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.It's too early in the morning for me to verify, but I'm pretty sure we hit that goal of 10 new donations from Bluesky. 🎵 Now close your eyes, and make that wish, think about and blow out your candle ... Thank you, Bluesky!
I think one reason that prisons, and by extension the entire criminal justice system, are able to be as barbaric as they are is that prisons and prisoners are for the large part invisible. That's why I think PJP is so important for those inside as well as for humanity at large
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.News: Our summer campaign concludes tomorrow at midnight, which means time is rapidly running out to take advantage of the $15K matching funds provided by generous donors. Thanks to an additional $5K gift from a generous donor, every donation will now be tripled until those funds are exhausted.
I want to read about life experiences different than mine; It can only happen this way if we support PJP.
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.We're about $1,000 away from our goal! We have ONE day left. Triple your impact. Please quote repost this, if you can, and share why you support Prison Journalism Project or why you've donated before.
It's too early in the morning for me to verify, but I'm pretty sure we hit that goal of 10 new donations from Bluesky. 🎵 Now close your eyes, and make that wish, think about and blow out your candle ... Thank you, Bluesky!
Prison Journalism Project@prisonjournalism.bsky.social · last wk.After today, there are only two days left in our Unlocking Lived-Experience Journalism campaign. Between now and Tuesday, I'm hoping we can get 10 more donations from Bluesky. Fingers crossed.
