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.
TOPICS
#FreeTheBooks
A collaboration with PEN America, aimed at the plight of carceral censorship and how people in prison are harmed by it.
6 posts in ‘#FreeTheBooks’
interventions
Free Books
Programs that send literature to incarcerated people provide a vital lifeline, facilitating personal growth and imaginative escape.
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.