The American Prison Newspapers, 1880-2020: Voices from Inside is a collection of prison publications developed by Reveal Digital for distribution on the JSTOR platform. Managing Editor, Anne Ray, and a small team of researchers source newspapers from libraries, archives, former and current newspaper editors, and individual donors. After the publications are located, they are then digitized, indexed, and added to JSTOR where they are fully searchable. Primary sources like the newspapers in this collection appear alongside academic research.

This guide is a specially curated collection of instructional material designed for instructors who want to facilitate interdisciplinary engagement with the American Prison Newspapers collection for themselves and their students. All curricular material is freely available and designed to be used in conjunction with the collection, which is open access.

Instructional Guides: Prison Newspapers

Studying Women’s Prison Newspapers

Brittany Marshall

May 9, 2023

Reveal Digital's American Prison Newspapers Collection offers first-person perspectives about what matters to women in prison, from pregnancy to recovery.

An illustration of The Hole from an October, 1962 issue of Recount, from Colorado State Penitentiary

Prisoners’ Rights: An Introductory Reading List

Brittany Marshall

January 31, 2023

A selection of readings and visual material on the subject of prisoners’ rights to foster dialogue and discovery in the classroom.

What Can Native American People in Prison Teach Us About Community and Art?

Brittany Marshall

November 18, 2022

An exploration of creativity, ingenuity, and resilience using the American Prison Newspapers collection and JSTOR. The second curriculum guide in this series.