Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets

Research by advocates documents harsh conditions and unfair practices for incarcerated workers throughout the US prison system.

Michelle Chen

Prisoners Forced to Work for Showers Are Now Being Punished for Taking Them

Regulations to combat a severe drought in California are being used to control prisoners under the auspices of conserving water, people inside San Quentin say.

Olivia Heffernan and Steven Brooks

Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies

It might seem like prison abolition and fossil fuel abolition have nothing in common, but they couldn’t be more related.

Mary Annaïse Heglar

How New York State Let Covid-19 Run Rampant in Prisons

First, the state failed to protect people in prison from the virus. Then, it obscured the full scope of the crisis, advocates charge.

Akash Mehta

Incarcerated, Infected, and Ignored: Inside an Arkansas Prison Outbreak

Inmates say guards treated them like “lepers” as Covid-19 tore through the penitentiary.

Molly Minta

Prison Labor on the ‘Kill Line’

Prisoners are being used to staff dangerous poultry-factory work—and are being injured, or worse.

Michelle Chen

Why Prisoners Are Going On Strike Today

Prisoners are striking to end prison slavery, poor living conditions, and death by incarceration.

Raven Rakia

Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump

Plus Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on redefining money and Heather Ann Thompson on Attica.

Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

Three clips from a new film exploring the seemingly ordinary landscapes touched by our prison system.

The Nation

5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration

Elizabeth Hinton