Most of the world learned about the extreme group after the Jersey City shooting. I met them as a Jew spending a decade in prison.

Rabbi Moshe has created an Indiana synagogue with 100 of his converts. Will other Jews accept them?

Seder plates and kosher meals are so popular behind bars some inmates convert just to get them

Tuskegee was hardly the last time American medical researchers used men in unethical experiments

A former Broadway publicist dedicates his life to helping ex-convicts find their way after prison

The 60-year-old convicted of spying for Israel lost consciousness in prison

A death row inmate filed suit that ‘kosher-like’ was not enough

My mother has corresponded with inmates for years, offering a sense of community—especially during the High Holidays

Convicted murderer and rapist also seeks $15,000 in punitive damages

Court says eligible inmates must get kosher meals—even if they’re not Jewish

Incarcerated since 2001, David Arenberg says he’s found a renewed sense of purpose—and a new connection to Judaism

Isolation didn’t help Jonah find redemption inside the whale. It isn’t helping thousands of American prisoners today, either.

Amateur chef Rafram Chaddad discovered the wonders of Libyan cuisine in an unlikely place: behind bars

A Jewish spiritual practice called Mussar offers hope and inner peace for women in an unlikely place: prison

Disgraced Israeli TV star found hanged in prison cell