Feature
April 23
At the start of the pandemic, we asked four incarcerated people to chronicle daily life with the coronavirus. Here, they reveal what they witnessed and how they coped with the chaos, fear, isolation and deaths.
Coronavirus
April 6
Despite CDC advice to vaccinate prisoners quickly, two-thirds of states lag behind the general population.
Coronavirus
April 16, 2020
Without ventilators, prisons lean on local hospitals to care for coronavirus victims.
Coronavirus
March 26, 2020
With in-person visits suspended nationwide, people with loved ones behind bars say they’re being left in the dark.
Commentary
March 21, 2019
“Medicare for All” Is Missing a Vital Group: The Incarcerated
“Can criminal justice reform succeed without addressing the health of incarcerated people?"
Life Inside
January 25, 2018
When a trip to the hospital means spending hours on a cramped bus handcuffed to another prisoner.
Life Inside
January 4, 2018
A fretful prisoner struggles with an ever-growing list of symptoms.
Life Inside
September 7, 2017
Employee perks: None, really, unless you count the nail gun fights.
Feature
July 6, 2016
Tens of thousands of people every year are packed into vans run by for-profit companies with almost no oversight.
News
March 29, 2016
A new report says care varies widely between Louisiana’s jails and prisons.