Information on the Legacy Project and collaborators.
Keefe Commissary Prices Surge Up to 88%. Prison Wages Remain Frozen. by Chastyn “Nova” Hicks, Prison Journalism Project September 2, 2025 Late last year, Arizona’s only approved commissary vendor reached an agreement with the state prison system to raise prices on 101 commissary items. That action from Keefe Commissary Network covered about 11% of the…
Saturday, August 2nd, marks the 88th anniversary of the signing of the Marihuana Tax Act, the first federal marijuana prohibition law. Since its inception, the criminalization of the marijuana plant and the stigmatization of those who consume it has been predicated almost entirely upon the promotion of gross exaggerations, racial stereotypes, and outright lies. For instance, a…
6 Stories on Teenagers in Prison by Kayla Diee, Prison Journalism Project May 7, 2024 On any given day, there are nearly 60,000 incarcerated teens in U.S. prisons and juvenile detention centers. The problem begins with what advocates call the school-to-prison pipeline, or policies and procedures that drive students from the classroom to the criminal…
