We’re talking about a major, major industry in our society today,” activist and writer Bianca Tylek told a group of about 20 ...

Former federal prison warden Percy Pitzer has published "A Warden's Path," drawing from his career in corrections to advocate for prison reform and better community reintegration of former inmates.

A single book sparked reflection and conversation among incarcerated men at a Lexington prison book club. Maureen Pridgeon, ...

Maria Montalvo speaks with emotion, her eyes shining as she recounts her reading experiences. She says she especially enjoys books by Isabel Allende, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Erika L. Sánchez ...

In “The Tragedy of True Crime,” John J. Lennon tells the stories of convicted men – and one of them is his own.

For more than 50 years, the Prison Book Program has been built on one simple idea: Everybody deserves the freedom to read. The Quincy-based nonprofit sends tens of thousands of free books each year to ...

When Keeonna Harris was 15, her life swerved sharply off course. Harris became pregnant. Then, before she could come to terms with the life-changing event, her boyfriend, Jason, was sentenced to 22 ...

A conversation with incarcerated journalist Christopher Blackwell about his new book Ending Isolation. An inmate looks out of his cell in the the Special Management Unit, known as high-max at the ...

This article, written by Rafael Ciscati, was originally published on the Brasil de Direitos website on July 3, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices under a partnership agreement. It ...