RJ Reilly Goes into the Abyss
I’ve Been to Sing Sing. Have you?
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Can inmates join the movement towards becoming good men?
Which Is More Expensive, Prison or Princeton?
January 28, 2012 By 15 Comments
In California alone, spending averages $48,214 per inmate and only $7,463 per student.
The Caging of America
January 23, 2012 By 12 Comments
Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. The question is why?
#19: Sing Sing
January 19, 2012 By 3 Comments
“Why did he go back into the dungeon where he had experienced such suffering?”
Let’s Sell Citizenship
December 5, 2011 By 28 Comments
Tom Matlack thinks there is a simple solution to the problem of immigrants who work here illegally: charge them money to become citizens.
Chained to a Madman: Charged With Grand Larceny at 19
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Eventually Steve Jaeger got himself on the right path, but not before he was shackled to a deranged prisoner who thought there was a witch inside of him.
Not This Morning: Part Two From Prison
November 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
A. Whitfield, currently incarcerated at Antioch prison in California, continues his story of endurance, patience, and principle.
A 100-Year Sentence: Finding the Light
October 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Facing over a century behind bars, Roberto Wahid Lewis found a way to re-center himself and, eventually, start a new life on the outside.
Not This Morning: A Prisoner’s Dispatch
October 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
Currently incarcerated at Antioch prison in California, A. Whitfield brings us inside the bars of his hungry cell.
The Male Guilt Trap
October 24, 2011 By 14 Comments
We’re not wracked by guilt, Tom Matlack writes, we’re amazed by the men who made something when nothing was left.
A Moment in Time
October 12, 2011 By 3 Comments
Penelope Thompson meditates with prisoners and finds that “one aware moment is as special and unique as another.”
The Charles Street Jail Series
October 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Slammer
October 10, 2011 By 4 Comments
Vocalyze
“If you required that students never leave campus for four years and kept them under constant surveillance…”.
This comment is from That Guy on “Which is more expensive, prison or Princeton?” Some services are more expensive than others because of the nature of the service or the nature of the demand for services. Incarcerating people who are dangerous to society will generally be more expensive than teaching people who are there voluntarily [...]