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Life Inside July 1, 2021
“Daddy, if I Come See You, Will I Have to Be Locked up, Too?”
Recently reunited with his 10-year-old daughter, Demetrius Buckley struggles to push past the barriers of a maximum security prison to be present for his curious, whip-smart little girl.
By Demetrius Buckley
Life Inside June 18, 2020
My Dad Went to Prison When I Was 5. Now I Write About Families Like Mine
Growing up with a father who was incarcerated didn’t define me. But it certainly taught me to challenge stereotypes and ask better questions.
By Sylvia A. Harvey
News December 18, 2019
The Long Journey to Visit a Family Member in Prison
Remote prison towns and strict visitation policies make it hard to stay in touch.
By Beatrix Lockwood and Nicole Lewis
Feature December 3, 2018
How Incarcerated Parents Are Losing Their Children Forever
Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” one advocate said.
By Eli Hager and Anna Flagg
Life Inside August 23, 2018
The Awful Thing I Saw in Prison That Stunned Me Into Silence
"It was the kind of moment that you witness but your brain just rejects; you can’t believe what you just saw."
By Aaron Ernst
Robert and Michael Meeropol ride in a car to visit their parents in Sing-Sing prison in 1953.
Commentary July 2, 2018
An Irrevocable Separation
When the government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the welfare of their two boys was a secondary concern.
By Robert Meeropol
Life Inside May 24, 2018
I Followed My Mom to Prison and to a Degree
“This is the path my life had to take so I could be strong.”
By Arielle Pierre, as told to Nicole Lewis
Life Inside March 8, 2018
Caring for My Sick Husband From Prison
A federal inmate feels helpless as her partner’s health deteriorates.
By Connie Farris, as told to Christie Thompson
Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, N.Y., is one of the prisons where a pilot program requiring families to send care packages through private companies was temporarily installed and then suspended.
News January 12, 2018
New York Cancels Private Prison Care Packages Program
An uproar over cost, selection — and coloring books.
By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
Women at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, N.Y., in 2012.
News January 4, 2018
The Latest Big Win for Prison Privatization
It just got a lot harder to send a care package to New York prisoners.
By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
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