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The Frame June 13
Life After Life Without Parole
Ronald Elston spent more than 30 years in prison, with no preparation for what he would do if he got out.
By Jessica Earnshaw
The Frame March 13
Surviving Foster Care: 2 Brothers, 2 Different Paths
A stint in juvenile detention excluded one from the financial support that automatically went to the other.
By Celina Fang
The Frame December 21
Christmas in Prison
Buses bring holiday visitors to the women in an Illinois correctional center.
By Tom Meagher
The Frame May 16
A Peek at the Golden Age of Prison Radio
A new book explores a time when Texas prisons promoted rehabilitation through a wildly successful radio show.
By Maurice Chammah
The Frame May 3
What It’s Like to Perform Shakespeare in Prison
An encounter with the Bard transforms a troupe of inmate actors.
By Alysia Santo
The Frame March 13
The Radio Show That Reunited Inmates and Families
“Shout outs” on the air led to van rides to the supermax.
by Lisa Iaboni
The Frame February 10
Rarely Seen Images of the Real San Quentin
Thousands of photos, unearthed after decades, form an archive of daily life.
By Pete Brook
The Frame December 29
Watch Alvin Ailey Dancers Rehearse a Piece About Being Locked Up
A choreographer explores separation and alienation in our prison system.
By Caroline Grueskin & Christie Thompson
The Frame December 3
Black Lives Matter Protesters are “Tired,” “Hopeful,” “Ready”
Minneapolis sit-in for Jamar Clark stretches through a third week.
Photographs by Angela Jimenez
The Frame September 11
‘So This Is What a Murderer Looks Like’
A defense lawyer’s photos of four women re-entering society.
By Lisa Iaboni
The Frame July 21
‘Sometimes the Camera is More Powerful than the Courtroom’
Criminal justice through the lens of Joe Rodriguez.
By Lisa Iaboni
The Frame May 8
The New Mothers of Bedford Hills
A look back at one photographer’s images of motherhood in prison.
By Lisa Iaboni
The Frame May 1
Prison Plantations
One man’s archive of a vanished culture.
By Maurice Chammah
The Frame April 24
Bounty Hunters, Bondsmen, and the People Who Owe Them
Photographer Clara Vannucci captures the chase.
By Lisa Iaboni
The Frame January 26
Welcome to Miracle Village
Photographer Sofia Valiente captures the lives of a community of sex offenders.
Photographs by Sofia Valiente
The Frame January 6
The Writing on the Walls
Photographer Mark Perrott examines the graffiti, and the lives, of the prisoners of E Block.
Photographs by Mark Perrott
The Frame December 22
A Summer in Camden
Andrew Renneisen captures the collateral damage of street violence.
Photographs by Andrew Renneisen
The Frame December 8
Tracked
Photographer Zora Murff reveals what it’s like to be a kid in the system.
Photographs by Zora Murff
The Frame November 26
Blurred Lives
A portrait series captures the toll of long prison sentences on the people who serve them.
Photographs by Amy Elkins
The Frame November 18
The Men Who Should Have Been Free
Revisiting “The Innocents,” one of the first photo series to explore the lives of the wrongfully convicted.
Photographs by Taryn Simon

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