Prison Journalism Project

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is an independent, non-partisan, national initiative that enables incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers to become journalists and publish their stories. Active in 175 prisons across several states, PJP trains and supports individuals in the criminal justice system to become correspondents, reporting on the issues affecting the system, and it distributes those stories to mainstream news outlets. This grant helps PJP embark on a special research initiative to deepen our understanding of how mass incarceration impacts democratic participation.

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is an independent, non-partisan, national initiative that empowers currently and formerly incarcerated writers to become journalists and publish their stories. Currently, PJP is active in several states, has published 1,500 stories from 500 writers across 175 prisons, and distributes those stories to mainstream news outlets. It continues to expand through several initiatives aimed at training and supporting incarcerated writers to foster greater transparency on mass incarceration and enact policy change.

Prison Journalism Project (PJP) is an independent, non-partisan, national initiative that enables incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers to become journalists and publishes their stories. It trains and supports individuals in the criminal justice system to become correspondents reporting on the issues affecting the system, and PJP distributes those stories to mainstream news outlets. The program is active in several states and has published 1,500 stories from 500 writers across 175 prisons. The grant will support the development and implementation of professional development and training materials that will assist and support the participants in the program. The intended outcome is to enable and empower more individuals to participate in the program.