

Despite New Jersey’s 2019 law aimed at reforming solitary confinement, reports indicate the state’s Department of Corrections continues practices that may violate this legislation.

Strip searches, a practice that dates back to auctions of enslaved people, have long been common in U.S. prisons.


Despite the frequency of in-custody deaths, their exact scope remains unknown and data is often intentionally obfuscated.

If we get caught in the path of raging flames, what will be the plan for those of us locked behind bars?


The birds quickly became the talk of the unit. Suddenly, everyone was an ornithologist, claiming to know whether barn swallows were endangered.

The phrase “toxic masculinity” is ubiquitous these days, but there are few places where it’s more all-consuming than in a men’s prison