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The Wrongful Murder Conviction That Ignited a Pan-Asian Activist Movement

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 14, 2022August 23, 2022

Arriving amid increased anti-Asian racism and continuing discourse about the inhumanity of its prison system, this documentary is a strong historical gut punch.

Posted inFilm

‘You Should Feel Disturbed’ — Talking to the Directors of Attica

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

In the wake of the film’s nomination for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, Stanley Nelson and Traci Curry speak to Hyperallergic about the uprising’s ongoing relevance.

Posted inFilm

The Ugly History of Forced Sterilizations in Women’s Prisons

by Bedatri D. Choudhury October 21, 2020November 5, 2020

The new documentary Belly of the Beast is an investigation into modern-day eugenics in the US.

Posted inNews

A Florida Prisoner Made a Full Documentary on a Secret Cell Phone

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 8, 2019October 9, 2019

The Miami Herald has obtained extensive, disturbing footage of daily life inside a Florida prison, all captured by inmate Scott Whitney over four years.

Posted inIn Brief

Governor Tosses Rule Radically Limiting Books in New York State Prisons

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 16, 2018

The new directive would not only have drastically restricted the number of books available to inmates, but also prohibited them from receiving warm clothes like hoodies and any fresh produce.

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New Rules Would Dramatically Limit Books In New York State Prisons

Avatar photo by Laila Pedro January 8, 2018

Under a new policy, prisoner access to books, warm clothing, and healthy food (among other things) will be severely restricted.

Sherrill Roland's The Jumpsuit Project (photo courtesy the artist, by Laath Martin)
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A Wrongfully Incarcerated Artist Discusses Prison at the Brooklyn Public Library

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 22, 2017

From May 23 to 25, Sherrill Roland will be on-site, hoping to facilitate more open dialogues about the US criminal justice system.

Posted inArt

What Role Can Artists Play in Prison Reform?

by Alexis Clements April 28, 2016May 7, 2016

When I walked into the Greene Space for Creative Capital’s first Creative Conversations event — focused on artists who make work about criminal justice and the prison system — I felt a little skeptical.

Posted inArt

Incarcerated Artists Draw Portraits of America’s Corporate Criminals

by Claire Voon February 23, 2016February 24, 2016

Some of the portraits seem fit for the walls of a boardroom; others, the display tables of sketch artists on a boardwalk.

Posted inArt

Two Decades of Life in Prison Drilled into Ostrich Eggs

by Claire Voon December 10, 2015December 10, 2015

Beginning in his early twenties, Gil Batle spent two decades in and out of five California prisons, mostly for fraud and forgery of documents from IDs to checks and credit cards.

Posted inArt

A Maze in Philadelphia Focuses Attention on the Hidden Cruelty of US Prisons

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 30, 2015

The US prison system is one of the world’s great shames.

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Death Row Inmates Imagine Their Own Memorials

by Jillian Steinhauer October 15, 2015October 17, 2015

From a certain angle, the premise seems almost cruel: invite prisoners on death row to design their own memorials — ways for them to be remembered after they’ve been executed.

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