Re-Entry

Life Inside January 31

“The whole experience, I realized, was like a strange mix between junior high school and the Roman Senate.”

By Benito Gutierrez

Life Inside October 25, 2018

At a Kentucky prison, inmates and staff switch places during a “re-entry to society” role-playing game.

By Derek R. Trumbo, Sr.

Commentary February 5, 2018

Reentry: a Triptych

“What name for this thing we’ve become? For stigma, close as kin?”

By Reginald Dwayne Betts

Feature November 1, 2017

The unique prison re-entry plan conceived by — and for — women.

By Eli Hager

ViewFinder September 17, 2017

A young mother struggles with life on the sex offender registry.

David Feige

Commentary September 14, 2017

How her prison education saved us a million bucks

By Bill Keller

Feature September 13, 2017

In prison for 20 years, Michelle was chosen for Harvard's elite graduate history program. Then she was unchosen.

By Eli Hager

Commentary July 10, 2017

For the incarcerated, personal agency is a deciding factor in success after release.

Marlon Peterson

ViewFinder July 10, 2017

At an Ohio eatery, patrons get Nashville-style hot chicken and the formerly-incarcerated get a fair shot at employment.

A Film By Katie Galloway

The Frame June 13, 2017

Ronald Elston spent more than 30 years in prison, with no preparation for what he would do if he got out.

By Jessica Earnshaw