Prison Diaries

Five inmates, four correctional officers and a judge were given tape recorders. For six months, the diarists kept audio journals and recorded the sounds and scenes of everyday life behind bars: shakedowns, new inmate arrivals, roll call, monthly family visits, meals at the chow hall, and quiet moments late at night inside a cell.

Prison Diaries aired in on NPR's All Things Considered in January 2001. Launched in conjunction with Prison Diaries is Picture Projects' Web site: www.360degrees.org. The site features in-depth accounts from some of the inmates who have kept diaries, as well as interviews with family members, judges, lawyers, correctional officers, victims and victims' families. 360-degree panoramas allow viewers to enter the inmate's cell, the judge's chamber or family's living room while listening to the audio diaries. Hide full description

Five inmates, four correctional officers and a judge were given tape recorders. For six months, the diarists kept audio journals and recorded the sounds and scenes of everyday life behind bars: shakedowns, new inmate arrivals, roll call, monthly family visits, meals at the chow hall, and quiet moments late at night inside a cell. Prison Diaries aired in on NPR's All Things Considered in January 2001. Launched in conjunction with Prison Diaries is Picture Projects' Web site: www.360degrees.org. The site features in-depth accounts from some of the inmates who have kept diaries, as well as interviews with family members, judges, lawyers, correctional officers, victims and victims' families. 360-degree panoramas allow viewers to enter the inmate's cell, the judge's chamber or family's... Show full description