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Kaleidoscope Reprise

by John CorleyJanuary 2, 2025December 30, 2024

This poem received second prize for poetry in the 2024 PEN Prison Writing Awards.

‘Servitude’

by John CorleyJanuary 2, 2025December 30, 2024

‘A make-believe person in a make-believe world’

by John Corley, as interviewed by Nick Chrastil, The LensJanuary 2, 2025December 30, 2024

Waiting.

by Lawson StricklandDecember 26, 2024December 27, 2024

‘Resentment is not inevitable’

by Lawson Strickland, winner of the PEN Prison Writing Award for Fiction, as interviewed by Nick Chrastil, The LensDecember 26, 2024December 26, 2024

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Towns across Louisiana clamor to build new juvenile detention centers

by Nick ChrastilDecember 16, 2024December 16, 2024

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Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice to end contract with troubled Jackson Parish jail

by Nick ChrastilNovember 25, 2024November 27, 2024

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To prevent suicide, New Orleans daughter urges states to let people ban themselves from buying guns

by Agya K. Aning, The TraceNovember 19, 2024November 18, 2024

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Licensing a troubled juvenile jail

by Nick ChrastilOctober 1, 2024October 2, 2024

Criminal Justice

Louisiana sanctions use of pepper spray and mace on detained juveniles

by Nick ChrastilSeptember 9, 2024September 28, 2024