Information about the prison system is limited, and policy makers and voters are shaping the lives of incarcerated people without their input. We’re bringing transparency to the world of mass ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. In many states, formerly incarcerated people are free to vote once they’ve completed their prison sentence. Only ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. This story is part of Locked Out, a special series from PJP about voting, politics and democracy behind bars.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I miss my mom’s meatloaf. You can’t get it here inside my prison in Miami, so it’s the first thing I’m eating ...

Along with Thomas, longtime San Quentin volunteer Cori Thomas (no relation) co-founded San Quentin Film Festival, the nonprofit hosting the event. Cori Thomas is a playwright and actress whose plays ...

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Photo by Stephan Hoerold. Illustration by Chris Gelardi. This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter ...

Restoring the right to vote for lifers would be a small, humane way to return to us some of our agency and dignity.