WStayner's profile picture. Deputy Editor at @prisonjourn. Formerly @thecolumbian, @DuboisCoHerald and @5280Magazine. Graduate of @newmarkjschool and @UOsojc. B’ham native.

Wyatt Stayner

@WStayner

Deputy Editor at @prisonjourn. Formerly @thecolumbian, @DuboisCoHerald and @5280Magazine. Graduate of @newmarkjschool and @UOsojc. B’ham native.

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The last time Darrell Powell watched the #Knicks win a championship was when he was 8 years old. But their recent success gives him hope as he seeks clemency from life without parole. "I’m searching for a buzzer-beater shot at freedom." @prisonjourn prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/04/24/new…


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The last nonprofit I'll plug today is the Prison Journalism Project (@prisonjourn). Run by Shaheen Pasha and Yukari Kane, PJP teaches and publishes journalistic writing by people in prison. The work speaks for itself. Check them out. prisonjournalismproject.org


As soon as I moved to Alabama as a kid, I was asked who I was going to root for: Alabama or Auburn? Proud to have edited this story with a personal connection. @prisonjourn contributor Richard Fox examines the Iron Bowl rivalry in Alabama prisons. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/26/wat…


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"Why a Cellmate Is Not Like a Roommate. Can free people imagine cohabitating in one room, that is locked from the outside, with a stranger who has a different culture, different morals and different beliefs?" prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/21/cel…

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Why a Cellmate Is Not Like a Roommate

Why a cellmate is infinitely more challenging than a typical roommate.


Props to @prisonjourn contributor Phillip Luna, who worked on this thorough profile over a few months. A White Supremacist Renounces Racism in an Oregon Prison prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/22/how…


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A White Supremacist Renounces Racism in an Oregon Prison. An incarcerated man, who once fully embraced racial segregation in prison, now considers it one of his biggest regrets. Here’s his story. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/22/how…


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How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison. An incarcerated man wanted to help get people with vision impairments proper modifications and services. So he wrote a letter to the office of the U.S. attorney general. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/11/13/one…

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How One Man Got the DOJ to Investigate His Arizona Prison

A man inside wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney general's office to help secure proper modifications and services for people with vision problems.


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📢 @PrisonJourn launched a special project about voting, politics and democracy behind bars. Ahead of the presidential election this November, we invited incarcerated writers to share their perspectives on voting and politics behind bars and post-release. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/25/can…


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📰 @prisonjourn & @MarshallProj published a special project on extreme heat in prisons. Hear from 42 incarcerated journalists from 27 states. “I can tell the heat is getting to people when they get dizzy easily or avoid moving." prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/fro…


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As Told To: Nearly 50 of My Relatives Have Been Incarcerated. One of them explains how this legacy has impacted his family’s relationship to democracy. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/25/nea…


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"For those four hours, I am just a son who is spending time with his parents. Something so simple can radically change a person’s outlook in prison. Everyone deserves to feel loved and cared about," writer Ryan Douglas on "The Power of a Prison Visit." prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/18/pow…


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From California to Connecticut, Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons. More than 40 Prison Journalism Project contributors describe oppressive temperatures behind bars for a special project on heat in prison. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/fro…


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