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
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
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
Works of Justice Podcast: Journalists and Educators Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha on Prison Journalism
Prison and Justice Writing Fellow Frances Keohane speaks with Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha about prison journalism in the era of COVID-19. More
Works of Justice Podcast: Erika Cohn
Prison and Justice Writing Volunteer Coordinator Mery Concepción speaks with director Erika Cohn about her new film, ”Belly of the Beast.” More
Works of Justice Podcast: Criminal Justice Expert Dr. Bruce Western on Decarceration, Reentry, and Vaccination
Prison and Justice Writing Program intern Nicolette Natale speaks with Dr. Bruce Western about decarceration, reentry, and vaccination behind bars. More
Works of Justice Podcast: Maurice Chammah
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
A Review of The Feminist War on Crime by Aya Gruber
“Gruber examines several feminist movements and their crusades to end gender-based violence, which push the movement toward over-policing.” More
These Truths: Prison & Justice Writing with Reginald Dwayne Betts
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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