Lived Experiences
Part III: Particular Prisoner Populations
Race
- Nothing Has Made Me Feel More American Than Going to Jail, Ravi Shankar, The Marshall Project (Apr. 29, 2021)
- Riots, Protests, and Double Standards, Reginald Stephen, Prison Journalism Project (Mar. 8, 2021)
- How My White Privilege Protected Me In Jail, Michelle Hadley, The Marshall Project (Jun. 25, 2020)
- Unwritten [on racial dynamics in custody], Andrew Sabatino (Drew) & Arthur Snowden (AR), Ear Hustle (Sept. 13, 2017)
- Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration, George Lavender, In These Times (Feb. 24, 2015)
Religion
- How I Keep Hope Alive While Serving 150 Years in Prison, Tariq Maqbool, The Marshall Project (Mar. 4, 2021)
- My Passover in Prison, William Rapfogel & Simone Weichselbaum, The Marshall Project (Apr. 18, 2019)
Women
- Episode 84: Karen [on pregnancy and birth in custody], Ear Hustle (Dec. 14, 2025)
- What It’s Like to Have Your Period in Prison, Kelsey Dodson, Prison Journalism Project (Sept. 24, 2025)
- Should Incarceration Deprive Me of Having Another Child?, Erica Harris, Prison Journalism Project (Jan. 16, 2025)
- Motherhood Made Me Even More of a Prison and Police Abolitionist, Maya Schenwar, The Marshall Project (Jan. 10, 2025)
- Fact Sheet: Incarcerated Women and Girls, Kristen M. Budd, The Sentencing Project (Jul. 24, 2024)
- Episode 105: Moms, Ear Hustle (May 1, 2024)
- I Survived Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression in Jail. Now I Guide Others Like Me., Tabatha Trammell & Nicole Lewis, The Marshall Project (Jun. 30, 2023)
- In Jail, Pads and Tampons as Bargaining Chips, Zoe Greenberg, The New York Times (Apr. 20, 2017)
- Menstruation Can Become Humiliation in Prisons, Alex Ronan, The Cut (Jun. 16, 2015)
- Prisons Often Shackle Pregnant Inmates in Labor, Shawanna Nelson & Adam Liptak, The New York Times (Mar. 2, 2006)
- Women With Life Sentences [photo series], Sarah Bennett
Non-English Communication
- ‘Friendly Signs’ Documentary Follows One Man’s Quest to Create Community for Deaf Prisoners, Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project (Feb. 2, 2025)
- Immigration Courts Getting Lost in Translation, Joseph Darius Jaafari, The Marshall Project (Mar. 20, 2019)
- The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison, Jeremy Woody & Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project (Oct. 18, 2018)
Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity
- No Safe Place: Jason Jackson and the Crisis of LGBTQ+ Safety in Federal Prisons, Jason Jackson & Nicole Li, Remedy Project (May 7, 2025)
- Anti-Racism Daily-Learn about Farmer v. Brennan [Interview with Dee Farmer], Nicole Cardoza, Just Detention International (Jun. 11, 2024)
- “We Need to Listen”: Transgender people who have experienced prison call for more humane conditions and treatment, Ky & Erica Bryant, Vera (Feb. 20, 2024)
- Episode 88: Do You Know Who I Am? [on being trans in prison], Ear Hustle (Apr. 12, 2023)
- Episode 55: Marcel and Angie [on gender-affirming healthcare], Ear Hustle (Mar. 31, 2021)
- Hampton Tells of Life as a Transgender Person in Illinois Prison System, Strawberry Hampton & Charles Preston, Injustice Watch (Oct. 17, 2019)
- Locked: Adree Edmo’s story, Boise State Public Radio (Jul. 8, 2019)
- Dee Farmer Won a Landmark Supreme Court Case on Inmate Rights. But that’s Not the Half of It., Alison Flowers, The Village Voice (Jan. 29, 2014)
Disability
- ‘Friendly Signs’ Documentary Follows One Man’s Quest to Create Community for Deaf Prisoners, Aala Abdullahi, The Marshall Project (Feb. 2, 2025)
- How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison, Larry Dunlap & Chastyn Hicks, Prison Journalism Project (Nov. 13, 2024)
- Behind Bars for 66 Years, John Phillips & Joseph Neff, The Marshall Project (May 23, 2019)
- The Isolation of Being Deaf in Prison, Jeremy Woody & Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project (Oct. 18, 2018)
- Callous and Cruel: Use of Force against Inmates with Mental Disabilities in US Jails and Prisons, Human Rights Watch (May 12, 2015)