In September 1971, law enforcement stormed New York’s Attica Correctional Facility and opened fire on prisoners who had taken 38 guards hostage to demand basic human rights, including access to ...

Last December, on a bitterly cold afternoon, I stood inside the walled yard of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary while I waited for a museum docent to start a tour. I stamped my feet and blew ...

The American Prison Newspapers, 1880-2020: Voices from Inside is a collection of prison publications developed by Reveal Digital for distribution on the JSTOR platform. Managing Editor, Anne Ray, and ...

Steven Garner doesn't like to talk about the day that changed his life. A New Orleans barroom altercation in 1990 escalated to the point where Garner, then 18, and his younger brother Glenn shot and ...

Buoyed by a $2.3 million grant, the archive hopes increased visibility on the first-person accounts of incarcerated people can serve as a road map for policy reforms. By Patricia Leigh Brown At an age ...

A national prison writing project to be housed at Johns Hopkins has received a $2.3 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. The American Prison Writing Archive, an open-source digital archive that ...

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Megan Roberts is a ...

Subjects History, Peace & Conflict Studies, Latin American Studies, African Studies, African American Studies, Political Science, Security Studies, Military Studies, American Studies, American Indian ...