Prison Life

News October 9

Connecticut’s WORTH program uses therapy, classes and mentoring to try to keep women from coming back.

By Maurice Chammah

The Frame October 4

A Pennsylvania artist draws hundreds of fellow inmates to show the scale of mass incarceration.

By Maurice Chammah
Illustrations by Mark Loughney

Life Inside August 23

"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

Life Inside July 12

“We aren’t deadbeats — our days are, in fact, incredibly full.”

By Jerry Metcalf

The Frame April 25

At Tribeca Film Festival, new documentaries give voice to the incarcerated and communities struggling with crime.

By Celina Fang

Life Inside April 19

As darkness fell, nerves got rattled and rumors spread.

By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

Life Inside March 8

A federal inmate feels helpless as her partner’s health deteriorates.

By Connie Farris, as told to Christie Thompson

Life Inside March 1

“Nothing about life inside prison is normal.”

By Jerry Metcalf

Life Inside February 9, 2017

For the best man, a fleeting moment of humanity.

By James King

Life Inside January 12, 2017

Sharing space with open-minded visitors from beyond the walls.

By Joseph Dole