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History of Prison Journalism

SPACE FOR INTRODUCTION.

June 17, 2024
PEN America doesn’t prioritize incarcerated writers, former staffers say
Natalye Childress
Prism Reports
May 20, 2024
Censoring the News in New York Prisons
Rebecca McCray
New York Focus
August 16, 2023
How a Collective of Incarcerated Writers Published an Anthology From Prison
Zeke Caligiuri
Electric Literature
March 30, 2023
The history of prison-run newspapers and why they're on the rise
Juana Summers, Ryan Moser and Kate McQueen
NPR
March 23, 2023
The forgotten history of America’s first public women’s prison
Candice Norwood
The 19th
April 29, 2022
Why Prison Journalism Matters
Olivia Heffernan
Jacobin
April 3, 2022
U of R prof looks at how prisoner newspapers can affect our understanding of incarceration
Alec Salloum
Regina Leader Post
March 23, 2022
The country’s longest-running prison publication faces censorship
Allison Salerno
Columbia Journalism Review
March 2, 2022
Colorado’s first prison internet radio program begins airing from behind bars
Olivia Prentzel
The Colorado Sun
February 24, 2022
A Handbook for Creating a Literary Life in Prison
Deirdre Sugiuchi and Caits Meissner
Electric Literature
August 17, 2020
The Case for Reviving Canada’s Once-Thriving Prison Press
Aly Laub and Melissa Munn
The Tyee
May 20, 2024
Censoring the News in New York Prisons
Rebecca McCray
New York Focus
March 30, 2023
The history of prison-run newspapers and why they're on the rise
Juana Summers, Ryan Moser and Kate McQueen
NPR
April 29, 2022
Why Prison Journalism Matters
Olivia Heffernan
Jacobin
March 23, 2022
The country’s longest-running prison publication faces censorship
Allison Salerno
Columbia Journalism Review
February 24, 2022
A Handbook for Creating a Literary Life in Prison
Deirdre Sugiuchi and Caits Meissner
Electric Literature

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