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Life Inside
March 4, 2021
How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison
In those moments when I feel like a puppet tied up in strings, I draw on my Muslim faith to stay hopeful.
by
Tariq Maqbool
Life Inside
October 11, 2018
I Met My Friend in Prison. Now I Doubt His Innocence.
A prison volunteer's belief in second chances faces a difficult test.
By
Damian Zurro
Life Inside
August 30, 2018
Breaking the Unwritten Rule of Prison
Or, what happens when guards and prison staff interact as just human beings.
By
Lyle May
Commentary
April 11, 2018
Police Brutality Drove a Wedge Between Me and My Church
“I still believe that the congregation has some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Unfortunately, there were limits to that warmth that I could not abide.”
Anthony Fowler Jr.
News
January 26, 2018
The Bureau of Prisons Yields to a Chaplain’s Conscience
The bureau relents in a stalemate over pepper spray.
By
Justin George
News
December 7, 2017
What’s Christian in the Season of Trump?
Awakening Evangelicals to an “outrageous” system.
By
Justin George
Life Inside
August 17, 2017
I Thought Being Gay Was a Sin Until I Saw My Friend Suffer in Prison
A Christian inmate confronts his own beliefs.
By
James King
News
December 14, 2015
What Angola's Resigning Warden Is Leaving Behind
For 20 years, Burl Cain both punished and preached.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
September 21, 2015
A Letter to Pope Francis
You are about to enter Philadelphia’s largest jail. Here is what you should know.
By
Maurice Chammah
News
March 11, 2015
Barred from Church
Sex-offender laws are raising questions about the right to worship.
By
Maurice Chammah