Defending Prison Journalism
“I Want to Find the Connectedness in Everyone.”
The nation’s best-known prison journalist discusses his book ‘The Tragedy of True Crime’ and the challenges faced by those who write from inside.
television and film
5 posts in ‘television and film’
culture
The Prison Spectacle
How reality TV turns incarceration into entertainment—and helps strengthen the very systems of violence it claims to expose.
culture
Punishment TV
We are fighting to end carceral reality TV—including shows such as ‘60 Days In’—because no one should profit from punishment.
in conversation
Returning to Freedom
A PBS series on reentry is exposing audiences to how people leaving prison grow, heal, and thrive despite their past.
excerpt
Copaganda
How pop culture helped turn police officers into rock stars — and Black folks into criminals.