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Filmed Production of Mahogany L. Browne’s New Choreopoem Quilted Steel—Telling the Stories of Formerly Incarcerated Black Women—Premiers June 13 at Lincoln Center Atrium

Press ReleaseJune 2, 2022

Caits Meissner, director of PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program, who produced the project, said: “This collaboration is a call to bear unflinching witness. The project demands that… More

Online Conversation March 16 on Access to Books in Prisons and the Use of E-Readers

Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2022

With 2 million people in prisons and jails across the country, restricting reading could have profound ramifications for the men and women cycled through the criminal legal system and… More

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[VIRTUAL] Realizing Abolition

Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm ET
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Works of Justice Podcast: Journalists and Educators Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha on Prison Journalism

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By: Frances Keohane | May 18, 2021

Prison and Justice Writing Fellow Frances Keohane speaks with Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha about prison journalism in the era of COVID-19. More

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Narrative 4 Presents: The Power of Story Exchanges

Friday, May 21, 2021 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET
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Works of Justice Podcast: Erika Cohn

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By: Mery Concepción | March 30, 2021

Prison and Justice Writing Volunteer Coordinator Mery Concepción speaks with director Erika Cohn about her new film, ”Belly of the Beast.” More

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Works of Justice Podcast: Criminal Justice Expert Dr. Bruce Western on Decarceration, Reentry, and Vaccination

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By: Nicolette Natale | March 9, 2021

Prison and Justice Writing Program intern Nicolette Natale speaks with Dr. Bruce Western about decarceration, reentry, and vaccination behind bars. More

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Works of Justice Podcast: Maurice Chammah

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By: Frances Keohane | February 9, 2021

Prison and Justice Writing Gap-Year Fellow Frances Keohane speaks with journalist Maurice Chammah about the death penalty and his new book, Let the Lord Sort Them. More

University of California Press - The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration

A Review of The Feminist War on Crime by Aya Gruber

Book Review
By: Sarah McEachern | June 23, 2020

“Gruber examines several feminist movements and their crusades to end gender-based violence, which push the movement toward over-policing.” More

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These Truths: Prison & Justice Writing with Reginald Dwayne Betts

PEN World VoicesJune 10, 2020

Poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discusses the writer’s role in deepening the American public’s understanding of mass incarceration with our Prison and Justice Writing Program. More

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