Beyond Prisons, the YES! Magazine, Summer 2011 issue is out now.

Some great features:

– Problem Child, an essay by the very thoughtful Arthur Longworth, about the terror of solitary confinement.

– Connecting Prisons with Nature, about Dr. Nalini Nadkarni’s work, as documented by Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy-Steele (previously on PP here, here and here.)

– A look at Taryn Simon’s The Innocents, a dated but important project that gave a voice to the wrongfully convicted.

– Raising Babies in Prison, with photos by Cheryl Hanna-Truscott (on PP here)

– Infographics! Just the Facts: It’s a Locking-People-Up Problem.

Beyond Prisons also includes an article about tertiary education for the incarcerated, by Carol Estes, executive director of University Beyond Bars, an education group I work with here in Washington State. Alas it is only available in teh print edition, so grab yourselves a copy. Only $4!