In 2021, at his Arizona prison, Larry Dunlap noticed how people with vision impairments were being treated: The prison wasn’t providing them with necessary reading materials or equipment, like canes.

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Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. On April 10, 2024, my prison held a memorial service for Tuan Tran. Unfortunately, the cellblock I reside in ...

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While I could have identified musicians, authors and activists who have shaped my existence, I expressed gratitude for my greatest inspiration here at California State Prison, Los Angeles County. His ...

Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Nothing in prison is soft and cuddly. Prisons are concrete and steel and stocked with hard people doing hard time ...