prison

“There is light and there is love in this world”: An Interview with Martha Hennessy

By Eric Martin | November 12, 2020

When I spoke with Martha Hennessy, she was at her Vermont farm, waiting to be sentenced as she faces over twenty years in prison. She and six other Catholics entered…

Wall of room in Ward Retreat 1 at St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Via the Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine.

A Message from Prison

By Greg Bottoms | January 24, 2012

When somebody just needs to disappear.

In the Devil House

By Greg Bottoms | September 19, 2011

People always told Frank Jones that he was special.

Eastern State Penitentiary, from the series "Abandoned Souls" by Ted Daniels. Click the image to see more.

Imagining Prisons

By Ashley Makar | July 26, 2010

From a Protestant monastery to the prison-industrial complex.

"the Clinquant of Hope" by Derrick T via Flickr

Juan Lucas

By Susan Parker | December 3, 2009

Can a man be better than his rap sheet?