In prison, going to “the hole” can mean spending 23 hours a day alone in a tiny cell. Here, incarcerated author Michael J. Nichols shares his top 10 tips for enduring long stretches of “administrative segregation.”

In those moments when I feel like a puppet tied up in strings, I draw on my Muslim faith to stay hopeful.

A prison volunteer's belief in second chances faces a difficult test.

Or, what happens when guards and prison staff interact as just human beings.

A Christian inmate confronts his own beliefs.