Authors / Christopher Blackwell
Christopher Blackwell is an incarcerated writer and artist serving a 45-year sentence in Washington state.

Newsletter
“They’re Destroying Our Support Networks”
Under the guise of Covid protections, prisoners are denied family visits, yet forced to work through outbreaks.
Christopher Blackwell
October 27, 2022

Newsletter
Surviving Yet Another Prison Quarantine
Every Covid lockdown means losing the few privileges that make incarceration more bearable.
Christopher Blackwell
January 14, 2022

Dispatch
Roasting in a Western Washington Prison
Climate change is intensifying the suffering of incarcerated people.
Christopher Blackwell
July 2, 2021

Dispatch
My Prison Is Still Flouting Public Health Guidelines
In a Washington State prison, masks are scarce, and guards don’t follow the rules.
Christopher Blackwell
December 17, 2020

Photo Essay
Mask Messages
A mask requirement expands prisoners’ opportunities for personal expression.
Christopher Blackwell
November 19, 2020

Report
When Torture Is a Health Precaution
Across the country, prisons are using solitary confinement as a quarantine measure, at great cost to prisoners.
Christopher Blackwell
September 1, 2020

Dispatch
Watching the Protests from Prison
We cannot protest our treatment at the hands of the police state, but we are looking to the protesters with pride.
Christopher Blackwell
June 16, 2020