Category: Articles
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Finding Purpose Through Fatherhood in Prison
by Jeremy Busby, originally published on PrisonWriters.com: Becoming a father was no doubt my greatest achievement in life. The responsibilities that came with fatherhood gave me a sense of purpose…
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When Reporting Is a Crime
Last month, Inquest published this article by Corinne Shanahan and Andrew Manuel Crespo on Jeremy Busby and other journalists behind bars’ experiences with endless retaliation: In the summer of 2023,…
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Michael Montgomery: The Impact of Juvenile Life Sentences
The United States is the only nation in the world where a child can be legally sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Michael Montgomery is one…
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Seth Stern: Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara
Editor’s Note: Seth Stern is Advocacy Director for Freedom of the Press Foundation, JoinJeremy’s Board Chairperson, and Associate Editor for The Collective. This article was first published by Freedom of…
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Introducing The Collective, plus two new articles by Jeremy Busby
This month, we are launching The Collective, JoinJeremy’s digital newsroom for inside and outside voices advocating for the urgent protection and inclusion of incarcerated journalists. Read Jeremy Busby’s introduction here.…
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Jeremy Busby: Gov. JB Pritzker should take a page out of Donald Trump’s book by freeing Larry Hoover
New Commentary by Jeremy Busby in the Chicago Tribune. Read the full article here. Excerpts: During the early 1970s when Black people were plagued with the perilous impacts of unchecked…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
