Prison is its own world, complete with unwritten rules that can mean the difference between surviving and facing unimaginable ...

A research project could lead to improved mental well-being for Missouri prison inmates and staff members. By changing the space in which inmates live, along with their interactions and communication ...

Prison bars illustration by Rawf8 via iStock for WMNF News. The tampons were stacked and bound together with a rubber band. The incarcerated people at the Patrick O’Daniel Unit — a women’s prison in ...

Autism in prison often means that exclusion from the general inmate population. If the person is also a sex offender, it means of life of isolation and abuse in prison. Incarceration is challenging ...

Of all the subjects that could be taught in prisons, philosophy might seem a strange choice. You might think that we should address the educational basics first, since, according to a House of Commons ...

JoyBelle Phelan believes that no one should be reduced to their worst moment. Phelan’s own story is her best proof of the importance of that fierce belief: Her worst moments led to her incarceration – ...

Cameo Clines speaks about the way he's struggled adjusting to life in prison and how he believes he has learned from his "mistakes." ...

Earlier reflections in this column have explored how violence often emerges from unaddressed emotional pain, trauma, and the slow erosion of empathy long before a crime is committed. Those discussions ...