Prison Life

Life Inside December 13

“Everything in that room, and everyone, was shining, just for a moment.”

By Seth Piccolo

Life Inside October 18

“I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.”

By Jeremy Woody as told to Christie Thompson

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 22

Featuring an “impresario,” a gyrating orange juggler, and an audience-pleasing grand finale.

By George T. Wilkerson

Life Inside March 8

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

By Connie Farris, as told to Christie Thompson