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Kentrell Parker, an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, in a photograph held by his mother, Janice Parker. The 45-year-old has been bedridden since an injury in a prison football game left him paralyzed from the neck down 14 years ago. Photo credit: Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica

National

‘Everyone will die in prison’: How Louisiana’s plan to lock people up longer imperils its sickest inmates

April 2, 2024
By PROPUBLICA
NABJ Black News & Views

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Future graduate Evan Holmes wipes his eyes after delivering a speech at the first-ever college graduation ceremony at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Suffield, Conn. The ceremony was held under a partnership established in 2021 by the University of New Haven and the Yale Prison Education Initiative. Photo credit: Jessica Hill, The Associated Press

National

Yale, University of New Haven partnership celebrates first degrees awarded to inmates

July 24, 2023
By Pat Eaton-Robb
The Associated Press

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Staff from Flip the Script and Karibu share a moment. Photo credit: Scarlett Aguilar/Central City Concern, Portland, Oregon

National

Unique transitional facility geared toward Black men opening in Portland

March 16, 2023
By Sandra Sorenson
The Skanner News

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Global

OPINION: Brittney Griner should never have been in Russia

November 16, 2022
By Annie Costabile
The Chicago Sun-Times

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Free Minds, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., helps people dealing with incarceration and reintegration tackle issues through reading and writing. Photo credit: Free Minds

National

After prison, the formerly incarcerated embrace freedom through reading and writing

September 2, 2022
By Sreehitha Gandluri
Youthcast Media Group™

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Longtime friends Donald Shakir, left, and Larry Owens, right, have used creative expression to help manage their mental heath after each was released from prison. Here, they are chatting at a booth at the Patapsco Flea Market in Baltimore, Maryland, where Owens sells his work. Photo credit: Jimae Hayes

Health & wellness

Lifelong friends use creativity to navigate mental health after prison

July 27, 2022
By Aileen Delgado
Youthcast Media Group

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