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Life Inside
March 25
Losing My Mom Was Hard Enough. Prison Made It Unbearable
Between scant information, limited phone time and insensitive staff, prison compounded a profound loss.
By
Julia Ann Poff
The Frame
March 22
“Stranger Fruit”: Black Mothers and the Fear of Police Brutality
Jon Henry's photography project seeks to convey the impact of police violence on Black families.
By
Morgan Hornsby
News and Awards
March 31, 2020
“Tutwiler” Selected for Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
A new documentary from The Marshall Project and Frontline (PBS) offers a rare look at the lives of expectant mothers inside a notorious women’s prison.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
May 9, 2019
Why Mothers Are the Unsung Heroes of Prison
“I’ve seen disasters averted because an inmate said these simple words: 'What would your mother think?'”
By
Jerry Metcalf
Life Inside
February 15, 2018
A Black Mother’s Survival Guide for Her Teenage Son
"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."
By
Meredith Walker
as told to
Alysia Santo
Life Inside
September 14, 2017
I Can’t Visit My Sons in Prison Because I Have Unpaid Traffic Tickets
A mother with debts — and cancer — wonders if she’ll ever see her incarcerated children again.
By
Joyce Davis
, as told to
Eli Hager
Life Inside
May 18, 2017
My Son Was Murdered on Mother’s Day
Now he’s ‘a statistic, and so am I.’
By
Cheri Burks
Life Inside
February 16, 2017
A Mother Visits Her Son, Who’s Condemned to Die in April
‘I can’t touch him and comfort him.’
By
Marilyn Shankle-Grant
as told to
Maurice Chammah
Life Inside
November 17, 2016
My Daughter Died After Spending Four Days in Jail
“Her eyes were slightly open, but vacant.”
By
Stephanie Moyer
Commentary
March 6, 2016
The First Time Texas Killed One of My Clients
An attorney pieces together a life cut short.
By
Burke M. Butler