Reveal Digital, the company behind Independent Voices, which is a collection of alternative newspapers, has published a new collection, American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020
Here is a descripton from their website:
On March 24, 1800, Forlorn Hope became the first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person. In the intervening 200 years, over 450 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons. Some, like the Angolite and the San Quentin News, are still being published today. American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women’s-only institutions. Development of the collection began in July 2020 and will continue through 2022, with new content added regularly.
Here is a list of the titles in the collection so far, as well as the state of publication:
- Arizona – Desert Press, The
- Arizona – Roca, La
- Arizona – Saguaro, El
- Arizona – What’s Happening on the Yard?
- Arkansas – Cummins Journal
- Arkansas – Long Line Writer
- Arkansas – Newsletter (Arkansas Department of Correction, Cummins Unit)
- Arkansas – Prison Views
- California – Mule Creek Post
- Connecticut – Adelante
- Connecticut – Bridge, The
- Connecticut – Hour Glass, The
- Connecticut – Insider, The
- Connecticut – Monthly Record, The
- Connecticut – New View
- Connecticut – Our Thing
- Connecticut – Scroll
- Connecticut – Tier Tribune, The
- Idaho – Wall City Bulletin
- Kentucky – Castle
- Kentucky – Castle on the Cumberland
- Kentucky – Kentucky Inter-Prison Press
- Kentucky – Pea Pickers Picayune, The
- Kentucky – Skytower News, The
- Nebraska – Forum, The
- Nebraska – Our Master’s Touch
- North Carolina – Prison News, The
- Pennsylvania – Lens, The
- Washington – Anarchist Black Dragon
- Washington – Prison Legal News
- Washington – Prisoners’ Legal News
- Washington – Sunfighter
- Washington – Washington Prison News Service
- Wyoming – Best Scene
- Wyoming – J-a-b-s
- Wyoming – New Approach, The
- Wyoming – Wyoming Pen
- Wyoming – Wyoming State Honor Farm Newsletter
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
One reply on “American Prison Newspapers”
I had at least one ancestor who was jailed in Texas and maybe some other states due to his fondness of the 13 ladies he married.
Would like to know when other states are digitized.