San Quentin’s population is changing, and a lot of the old ways are dying out. But some prison OGs don’t... more

When you’re incarcerated, are your dreams set outside prison walls? Or out on the prison yard? Are they a comforting... more

After 22 years in prison, our inside colleague Rahsaan “New York” Thomas is now a free man. We meet him... more

Lieutenant Sam Robinson has been with Ear Hustle since day one. As he retires from his post as Public Information... more

While she was in jail awaiting her sentence, Karen was housed with a pregnant cellie on the verge of giving... more

If you have to serve prison time, Norway is the place to do it … at least that’s what we’d... more

The Ear Hustle music episode returns! We catch up with some guys at San Quentin who are longing for love,... more

From 180s and 270s to “just one long-ass hallway,” different kinds of prison architecture leave different marks on the people... more

Prisons are built with one thing in mind: surveillance. The architecture is designed to assert control and diminish privacy. But... more

Stories from our first-ever international reporting trip! From the nightclubs of Oslo, to Norway’s first in-prison Pride parade, to an... more