The outcry apparently achieved its intended effect. On Oct. 11, 2024, less than a year after it opened, the post was officially shut down. Members of the group felt betrayed and abandoned by the VFW, ...

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After spending 10 years in prison, I embarked on a 600-mile journey from Fort Dix, a federal prison in New Jersey, to a halfway house in Detroit. Early on the morning of my release, my name was called ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One day at the Washington State Penitentiary, I saw a blind man named Francisco and his friend Jorge walking down ...

At a prison in the Catskill Mountains, where I used to be incarcerated, some men were trying to buck the trend.

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I overcame PTSD after fighting in war, but I had no encounters with other mental illnesses until I helped people in crisis at my prison.

Memories often bring solace in prison, so capturing them in photos brings a layer of permanence.

Prison Journalism Project is a non-profit, non-partisan national organization that trains incarcerated writers to be journalists and publishes their stories.

In one Missouri prison, a goodwill ambassador welcomes all to her Pride event, and she has good reason to.