Prison Conditions

Life Inside November 29

The Big Chill

I had never been locked up before. No one told me that prison would be so cold.

By Tracy Meadows

Feature October 11, 2017

As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.

WITH VIDEO BY THE MARSHALL PROJECT, THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND DIVIDED FILMS

Graphics September 21, 2017

After Hurricane Maria, thousands of families await news.

By Yolanda Martinez and Anna Flagg

Life Inside March 4, 2016

What it’s like to slowly lose your mind in the grossest corner of the prison-industrial complex.

By Jeremy Busby

News February 16, 2016

The work is based on years of letters between Julia Steele Allen and Sara Fonseca.

By Alysia Santo

Life Inside February 12, 2016

Finding refuge in old media.

By Stephen Watt

News January 27, 2016

A field trip to California’s oldest prison.

By Bill Keller and Neil Barsky

Feature January 7, 2016

New programs are easing inmates out of years of solitary confinement with surprising outcomes for both prisoners and corrections officers.

By Maurice Chammah

Commentary October 5, 2015

Let the Press In

Society won’t fix a prison system it can’t see.

By Bill Keller

News August 23, 2015

Barehanded, inmates are ordered to grip a metal fence in 10-degree weather.

By Alysia Santo