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Journalism Behind Bars: How federal law impedes reporting on America’s prisons
Yesterday, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) hosted the webinar “Journalism Behind Bars: How federal law impedes reporting on America’s prisons,” a powerful one-hour conversation with incarcerated journalist Jeremy Busby, joined by Nina Patel…
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Insights from a former prison journalist
by William Chaplar Image: Front page of The ECHO Volume 83, No. 4, May 2011. Source: The Texas Prison Echo in The Portal to Texas History, University of North Texas Libraries. My name is…
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Jeremy Busby on Behind the Bars + “How ‘Standing My Ground’ Earned Me 75 Years in Prison”
This week, Jason Boss of Behind the Bars interviewed Jeremy Busby about his life and the circumstances of his prison sentence. Listen to the podcast episode here: In an article originally published in 2022…
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Jeremy Busby: Unjust law helps prison officials muzzle incarcerated journalists
New article by Jeremy Busby published April 11, 2025 in Freedom of the Press Foundation. What is the Prison Litigation Reform Act and why does it matter? Jeremy Busby explains: Signed into law by…
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March 2025 articles by Jeremy Busby and the JoinJeremy team
Featured illustration by Katie Kosma for CJR.org March was a busy month for JoinJeremy as we worked to launch our new nonprofit organization. We also published three new articles: Life Sentence by Jeremy BusbyPublished…
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Why I Joined Jeremy
art and words by Maggs Dao Hanson The first time I finally spoke on the phone with Jeremy Busby, he told me about his plans to expand his personal “Join Jeremy for Justice” campaign…