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.
first amendment
6 posts in ‘first amendment’
Defending Prison Journalism
Prison Journalism Is a Disinfecting Light. That’s Why Prisons Suppress It.
A new initiative on prison journalism from the Institute to End Mass Incarceration aims to restore prison transparency and First Amendment rights for incarcerated journalists.
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Censoring Women’s Health
In prison, even learning about your own reproductive health is met with repression.
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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.
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Ending Carceral Censorship
Censorship should not be the mechanism by which prisons ensure security or any other goal they purport to have.