Carla Canning

What It's Like to Have Your Period in Prison Even at a women’s prison, your menstruation care needs may not be met.

Menstruation and incarceration. Kelsey's brave and powerful piece is about what it's like to experience both at once. Her honesty on this topic is so important and illuminating.

I've been sharing it with every woman I know and hope you'll read and share it, too.

Why Rehab Often Fuels Relapse Instead of Recovery Podcast Episode · Reveal · 08/27/2025 · 31m

More than 800,000 Americans have died from opioids since 1999.

But there’s another drug-related crisis in the US: the exploitative, underregulated drug rehab industry.

That’s the focus of this week’s “More To The Story with Al Letson.”

First Class of Incarcerated Students Earn Degrees From Northwestern University Dignitaries turned out for the commencement ceremony honoring 16 men who earned bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University through the Northwestern Prison Education Program.

“What you have accomplished here flies in the face of all the assumptions and stereotypes that have been heaped upon you,” Gov. Pritzker said. "To that I say: Don’t ever stop defying those expectations."

context: I cried for 2 hours after I watched Talk to Me

can someone who has seen Bring Her Back let me know if I will be very scared or a normal amount of scared

AAAA I reread The Secret History every fall it's one of my favorite books of all time!! I knew I liked you.

please share the list once you have it! I need the inspo for mine :))

people in prison are often avid readers. (tbh, this is an understatement)
check out some book reviews, recommendations and stories about reading from PJP writers:

2 weeks ago, I was visiting a prison in Oklahoma with @prisonjournalism.bsky.social and spotted someone reading book 6 of the Wheel of Time series. We were both sufficiently hyped to chat about it.

Pickle Cat vs Cousin Puppy, who will win?

here's that cat pic I promised

The Case Against #prisonfoodporn These stories claim to celebrate resilience. But sometimes they distract from the deadly consequences of poor nutrition behind bars.

thinking about how much I'd like to listen in on a conversation between Justin and Daniel on the fascination with hashtag #prisonfoodporn

i'm taking over PJP's account this week!!

“I have long thought I could eat anything, anywhere, and be fine. I can’t recall a time in my life when my stomach wasn’t as durable as a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet. But in prison, food poisoning seems inevitable: The food is bad, and the cooking and eating conditions are often unsanitary.”

You Can Only Dodge Food Poisoning in Prison for So Long Eleven years into my prison sentence, I finally got sick from chow hall food.

Justin typically writes about making prison food palatable. Some of his recent stories are about making kimchi and how the addition of a microwave transformed dorm cooking.

But after 11 years, dining hall food finally caught up with him.

started my annual reread of My Brilliant Friend. pls clap

"The prisoner understands that, after having been to prison, nothing is ever the same, and so much of the work of living (both inside prison and outside) becomes about remembering and asserting that you can have agency and a life, without either forgetting or being consumed by your memories."

Can Photographs Help Communicate the Experience of Incarceration? Artist and educator Nigel Poor's new book reveals an archive from San Quentin and a record of a prison photography workshop.

thinking about how incarceration impacts ways of seeing always reminds me of this Reginald Dwayne Betts essay about The San Quentin Project

Why Photographs Mean So Much to People in Prison Memories often bring solace in prison, so capturing them in photos brings a layer of permanence.

when my cousin was incarcerated, I had the idea that I should start taking photos of scenes from my every day life to share with him. I wanted him to see some of the things I was seeing. I didn't end up doing it because I was worried about making him miss home more, but now I wish I had

"i've let my nails get too long. it's becoming perilous" -something i just said out loud to myself

What We Saw in Those Images From the El Salvador Mega Prison U.S. Prison writers react to the pictures of Secretary Kristi Noem standing in front of men packed tightly together in CECOT.

PJP writers react to the pictures from CECOT, El Salvador's notorious prison.

From Troy in Michigan: “Being possessed, for instance, is a reality many of my readers would not intuitively understand."

prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/05/15/e...

Teen-Agers in Their Bedrooms, Before the Age of Selfies Adrienne Salinger’s cult photography book from the nineties makes a comeback.

Compared with the curated pictures that are the mainstay of social media, Adrienne Salinger’s images of teens in their bedrooms, taken in the ’80s and ’90s, offer a sense of the perilousness of adolescence.

24/7 phone access, bookcases, LED lights: A new program modeled off European prisons is attempting to refocus prison culture on rehabilitation and community.

seeing your transit adventures brings me so much joy!!!

I don't WANT to enjoy the wheel of time books this much i just DO

Prisoners’ Phone Calls Will Soon Be Free in New York State

GOOD NEWS: Phone calls in New York State prisons will be free starting next month, a critical win that will save families more than $13 million a year.

Helping incarcerated people stay connected to their loved ones is an investment in public safety.

How I Smuggled a Plant Into My Prison Cell Meet Groot. I thought he was a weed. I was wrong.

keeping with the nature theme...🌳
read about how jeff mckee snuck a plant into his cell

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