"People I've Never Even Talked To Asked If I Needed Someone To Pray With": Ex-Inmates Are Revealing A Shocking Misconception About Prison Life

"One minute, you think a guy would cut your heart out just for something to do, and the next, he might be making tea for a ...

Elderly men sentenced to life in prison reflect on the reality of ‘hope’ and growing old behind bars

Hope is not a soft word in prison. It shapes how people cope with their sentence and it determines whether - and how - they ...
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'It is not for the weak': People who work in prisons are opening up about what prison life actually looks like

Content warning: Discussions of abuse and sexual assault. 1."I worked in a state prison for 26 years. What I've learned is that 1) Respect works both ways. 2) Listening is more important than talking.
WWNO

After Prison, Many People Living With HIV Go Without Treatment

When people living with HIV walk out of prison, they leave with up to a month's worth of HIV medication in their pockets. What they don't necessarily leave with is access to health care or the ...
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26 Ex-Inmates Share How Prison Is Different From What People Outside Of It Imagine

Most of us only know what prison life looks like thanks to movies and TV shows — and those tend to exaggerate almost everything. In reality, a lot of what people believe about prison is a mix of myths ...
The New York Times

A Prison Hospice Program for the Living and the Dying

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that. Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical ...