Redemption Songs is a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week made by people in prison. Spanning almost a century, we’re telling the story of mass incarceration, one song at a time.

An animation of a record rotating. An animation of a record rotating. When you love a song, you feel a kinship with the person who made it. “Music is the most humanizing element this country has,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Beat of Life, a musical organization from Nashville, visited the Hampden County Jail to perform a live concert for inmates as ...