Explore Our Voices

Prison walls are erected not only to keep people in, but to prevent those on the outside from seeing the abuses of our carceral system. The inhumanity of what happens behind bars, as is reflected by these first-person accounts, is deliberately hidden from view in faraway prisons surrounded by high walls and double fences of razor wire. Few people other than those who are confined or work in prisons have a full view of how they operate. We’re out to change that.

We Are DC

Personal stories from incarcerated DC residents

Dispatches from Inside

Reports on prison conditions

Reform Debate

Perspectives on social reform

Dispatches from Inside

Life in Degrees: Lessons Learned Too Late

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Dispatches from Inside

Prisoners' Lives Matter Too

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Dispatches from Inside

Sexual Abuse Doesn't Just Happen to Women

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Reform Debate

Hurt People Hurt People

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Dispatches from Inside

Privacy? What's That?