Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Photo from the Washington Department of Corrections In early June, a few members of the Washington State ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. One of The Marshall Project’s readers has spent more than 40 years incarcerated in a Washington state facility.

On Feb. 2, a group of women incarcerated at the Perryville state prison in Arizona went on a hunger strike following an alleged assault by a prison guard. A young woman in the Santa Cruz Unit, Sherry ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Early in the morning, on July 4, I was jolted awake by steaming coffee. I needed the caffeine to begin my intense ...

An incarcerated writer explains how switching communication platforms has made people lose access to old grievances and ...

An incarcerated writer reflects on how mail scanning affected his ability to connect with his son through personal letters.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. [October 20, 2026] – The Prison Journalism Project (PJP), a national nonprofit that trains incarcerated writers ...

Jeffery Shockley reflects on barriers he faced in his lawsuit against the Pennsylvania prison system after staff broke his typewriter.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story is part of a collaboration with Prison Banned Books Week 2026, an annual event that documents and ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Members of the media tour the death chamber before its closure at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla ...