Beyond prisons

Breaking the cycle of crime and punishment.

Healing Power of Prison Poetry

by Eli Hastings

posted Sep 09, 2009

Writers help teens in jail learn to express difficult truths by putting pencil to paper.

Signs of Life :: New Mexico Ends Capital Punishment

by Kim Eckart

posted May 07, 2009

New Mexico becomes the second state to abolish the death penalty, since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.

Prison Meditation

posted Nov 04, 2008

East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison—the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system—is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.

Signs of Life :: Prison Reform

by Brooke Jarvis

posted May 22, 2008

A Chance for a New Life After Prison

Mere Justice

by Jesse Wegman

posted Feb 06, 2007

The drive to punishment is making us forget that prisoners have a right to be heard.

Guantanamo on the Mississippi

by Jordan Flaherty

posted Mar 24, 2006

Prisoners incarcerated in New Orleans institutions during Katrina suffered even more than usual.

Freedom Project :: Inmates Find Peace

by Dee Axelrod

posted Feb 15, 2006

The Freedom Project teaches prisoners nonviolent communication techniques and helps them to transition into communities when released.

Book Review: Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies From Our Imprisoned Sisters

by Bill Williams

posted May 20, 2004

COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF: Testimonies from our Imprisoned Sisters By Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution. Book Review by Bill Williams.

Book Reviews: Now is it time to close the prisons?

by Carol Estes

posted Dec 31, 2003

Now is it time to close the prisons? by Carol Estes - Book reviews of THE PERPETUAL PRISONER MACHINE: How America Profits from Crime By Joel Dyer - ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE? By Angela Y. Davis - PRISON NATION: The Warehousing of America's Poor Edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright - THE DEATH GAME: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw - By Mike Gray

Danny Glover :: The Death Penalty in this Great Nation of Ours

by Danny Glover

posted Nov 05, 2001

Speech given at Princeton considers the fallibility of our justice system and the finality of death.

Through My Enemy's Eyes

by Troy Chapman

posted Nov 05, 2001

A prisoners story of finding a third way, of finding meaning and truth. Sometimes the man who knows the most about hate can tell us the most about love, and the man acquainted with despair can teach us to hope.

Peacemaking: a family affair

by James W. Zion

posted Sep 30, 2000

Peacemakers in the Navajo Nation can quickly get to the bottom of a situation that resulted in a crime.

Navajo Justice

by The Honorable Robert Yazzie Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation

posted Sep 30, 2000

Navajo Nation revises criminal code, reduces sentences, and requires peacemaking.

Seeds of Change: A Prison Garden Program

by Cathrine Sneed

posted Sep 30, 2000

Cathrine Sneed describes the development of the Horticulture Program for Inmates and the Garden Project employing former inmates.

Cry Out: Women Behind Bars

by Christine Schoefer

posted Sep 30, 2000

Women inmates describe prison life and the impact of a support group that provides an emotional and creative outlet.