The man who killed my brother might have been in jail with me. I decided mercy for him was the right choice.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Two weeks before Christmas 2024, U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins visited the Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola ...

Students saw photographs of their peers leaving prison and being embraced by college faculty and staff. The impact was profound.

At a prison in the Catskill Mountains, where I used to be incarcerated, some men were trying to buck the trend.

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. I was walking back from the chow hall with my friend when we entered a long hallway that leads to our housing ...

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