permanent and temporary works of art from formally incarcerated individuals that address mass incarceration
Eastern State Penitentiary
Corporations making money
from human suffering
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis’ ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related to the construction and operation of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp in the…
A Massive ICE Prison Just Reopened in Michigan
The GEO Group-run detention center has sparked civil rights concerns in a historically Black community just a few miles away.
‘I Was Taken Hostage’: How an American Metal Rocker Landed in Russian Prison
Travis Leake left California for a new life in Moscow. Then he was arrested. He wrote letters to Rolling Stone telling his side of the story
Why them and not me?
-Pope Francis
Luigi Mangione
and other inmates enduring human rights abuses
When Luigi Mangione Came to Our Prison
A dispatch from SCI Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, which was briefly part of the biggest crime story in the nation.
The Politics of punishment got us here
but it will not get us out
Self Immolation at Red Onion State Prison
On September 15th, 2024, a tragic, horrifying event took place at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison—an event that highlights the unbearable conditions incarcerated individuals face every day. In a recent…