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<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/flynn_gerard/ ">Gerard Flynn, via Flickr</a>
Feature
In Some New York Prisons, Infirmaries Are a Den of Hidden Violence
After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.
Life Inside
April 18
How I Became an Opera Composer in a Maximum Security Prison
I learned music theory through workshops at New York’s Sing Sing prison. I earned my stripes by singing for boisterous crowds of incarcerated critics.
By
Joseph Wilson
Life Inside
April 4
I Changed My Violent Prison Life in the Most Random Way: I Quit Drinking Soda
This simple act of self-denial forced me to admit that a major source of my life’s problems was my lack of self-discipline.
By
Eric Williams
Closing Argument
March 29
How States Are Undoing Criminal Justice Reforms
Louisiana, New York and other states are rolling back reforms — and efforts to reduce excessive sentencing or expand parole are smaller in scope.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News Inside
March 11
Strength Behind Bars
News Inside Issue 19 honors women navigating the correctional system.
By
Lawrence Bartley
Closing Argument
February 22
How a Guards’ Strike Plunged New York Prisons Into Turmoil and Why the Timing Is Curious
Correctional officers complain of unsafe conditions, but critics say the protests were meant to deflect attention from ‘a moment of reckoning.’
By
Jamiles Lartey
Closing Argument
January 14
Why Firing the Prison Guards Involved in Robert Brooks’ Death Is Neither Quick Nor Easy
Our investigation in 2023 exposed how New York’s discipline system failed to hold abusive guards to account.
By
Joseph Neff
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Alysia Santo
Life Inside
December 13, 2024
For a Prison Transfer 45 Minutes Away, I Spent 12 Days in Hell
From feces on the wall to constant gang calls, LaMarr W. Knox details the horrors of the transit unit at New York’s Green Haven prison.
By
LaMarr W. Knox
News Inside
December 11, 2024
Lights, Camera, Action
News Inside Issue 18 provides a glimpse into the first-ever Sing Sing Film Festival.
By
Lawrence Bartley
Life Inside
December 6, 2024
I Found My Faith Community in Prison. Then My Facility Closed.
Rashon Venable spent three productive years at New York’s Sullivan Correctional Facility. A surprise shutdown sent the Muslim poet and writer into a tailspin.
By
Rashon Venable