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News
December 17, 2020
How Trump Made a Tiny Christian College the Nation’s Biggest Prison Educator
His administration has funneled $30 million to Ashland University in Ohio. Critics say the school’s tablet-based program fails incarcerated students.
By
Eli Hager
Coronavirus
May 12, 2020
Solitary, Brawls, No Teachers: Coronavirus Makes Juvenile Jails Look Like Adult Prisons
Youth lockups are supposed to rehabilitate kids, not punish them. The pandemic is making that harder than ever.
By
Eli Hager
Life Inside
December 12, 2019
I Did My 25 Years. Now I’m Fighting Another Sentence—Deportation
I barely remember my birthplace, Jamaica, and I have no family left there. Frankly, I’m terrified.
By
Colin Absolam
as told to
Akiba Solomon
The Lowdown
August 1, 2019
Beyond One-Liners: A Guide to the Democratic Debate on Criminal Justice
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
May 2, 2019
What I Learned When I Googled My Students’ Crimes
“I wondered if I knew more of their history if I would still view them the same way.”
By
Kimberly Malone
Life Inside
October 18, 2018
The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison
“I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.”
By
Jeremy Woody
as told to
Christie Thompson
Feature
June 8, 2018
The Hardest Lesson on Tier 2C
Can a violent adult jail teach kids to love school?
By
Eli Hager
Life Inside
April 5, 2018
Finding College by Way of Prison
“Taking classes helped me forget that I wasn’t free.”
By
Marcus Lilly
, as told to
Nicole Lewis
News
March 28, 2018
The Uncertain Fate of College in Prison
Obama revived Pell grants for prisoners, but the program faces a cloudy future.
By
Nicole Lewis
Life Inside
December 14, 2017
My Do-It-Yourself Language Immersion, Prison-Style
Where the culture was Hispanic, ‘Me llamo Morgan’ got me started.
By
Morgan Godvin