Incarceration in the United States
- Sheridan Libraries
- Guides
- Incarceration in the United States
- Prison Journalism
A guide for the course Unlocking Knowledge: Theorizing Prison from the Inside (Spring 2023).
Books
The Press in Prison by ISBN: 9781642598940Publication Date: 2022-08-02The Press in Prison is a Scalawag Media guidebook for journalists. Illuminating the need for incarcerated voices in journalism, this guide is intended to increase newsroom competency and capacity to work with writers on the inside, integrating reporting from prison into regular reporting cycles.
Jailhouse Journalism by ISBN: 0786404205Publication Date: 1998-02-01A history of the penal press, the journalists, and the impact they have had on American's prisons.
- Inside Story“Inside Story,” produced by the Marshall Project and Vice News, reports on crime and punishment from the perspective of former prisoners.
Databases
- American prison newspapers, 1800-2020 : voices from the insideOn March 24, 1800, Forlorn Hope became the first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person. In the intervening 200 years, over 450 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons. Some, like the Angolite and the San Quentin News, are still being published today. American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions. Development of the collection began in July 2020 and will continue through 2021, with new content added regularly.
- Prison Journalism ProjectPrison Journalism Project provides incarcerated writers with the tools and training to establish themselves as credible journalists, so they can meaningfully particiapte in the decision making processes that impact them and their communities.
- Prison Newspaper ProjectPrison Journalism Project’s prison newspaper directory is an active list of 21 operational prison publications across 12 states as of August 2024. We review our directory annually.
- Black and PinkThe Black & Pink National Newsletter has been distributed free of charge to a rapidly growing list of incarcerated LGBTQIA2S+ members and incarcerated members living with HIV/AIDS around the country since 2010! Each issue is full of pieces submitted by our incarcerated members; relevant news, history, and opinions from our non-incarcerated community; and reflections from our national Executive Director.