Higher Ed’s Dubious Deal With Prison Health Care
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Universities have been providing treatment to inmates. Is that a good idea?
Bad Jobs Often Follow a Prison Sentence. They Want to Change That.
Co-published with Mother Jones. In New York City, a program is working to create a pathway to union jobs for the formerly incarcerated.
Elderly and Imprisoned: ‘I Don’t Count It as Living, Only Existing.’
Co-published with The New York Times. Decades of tough-on-crime sentencing and increasingly rigid release policies have left many to grow old in a system that was not designed to accommodate them.
Is This the End of Prison Phone Fees?
Co-published with Mother Jones. How a group of activists took on the telecom industry—and won.
When Innocence Isn’t Enough
Co-published with The New Republic. Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a murder he and others say he didn’t commit. The state of Missouri says he must stay there—because he wasn’t sentenced to
Never-Ending Sentences
Co-published with The Believer. A striking series of documentary poems about ex-offenders and their struggle to find housing after prison in Cleveland, Ohio.
Objects to Remind You of Your Loved One Locked Away in Jail
Co-published with The Guardian. The Philadelphia-area women interviewed by Lisa Riordan Seville and Zara Katz were asked to choose one object they hold on to to remind themselves of their loved ones currently serving time.
Behind Bars, Beyond Means: the Crushing Expense of Loving Someone in Prison
Co-published with The Guardian. When Kristal Bush’s mother nearly went broke from the expense of visiting her son in prison, Kristal saw an opportunity to connect Philadelphia families to loved ones locked up hours away – and
