A closer look
“We Have These Beautiful Dreams”
How a literary prize judged by incarcerated readers builds connection across prison walls and nurtures imagination in the face of oppression.
censorship
7 posts in ‘censorship’
Defending Prison Journalism
Under the Warden’s Eye
For over two centuries, prison publications have produced an unflinching archive of U.S. punishment and resistance.
Defending Prison Journalism
Destroying the Conditions that Make Speech Possible
Blocking reading materials and censoring writing are both ways that prisons erase expression before it can reach an audience.
first person
Censoring Women’s Health
In prison, even learning about your own reproductive health is met with repression.
first person
Misadventures in Mail Censorship
An incarcerated writer’s grievances against a sad new normal of censorship and mail obstruction in a Pennsylvania prison.
Institutions
The Surreal Prison Censorship Regime
Society isn’t being done any favors keeping literature out of the hands of incarcerated people.
campaigns
Ending Carceral Censorship
Censorship should not be the mechanism by which prisons ensure security or any other goal they purport to have.