Maya Schenwar is the author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better, and is the Editor-in-Chief of Truthout, an independent social justice news website. She has written about the prison-industrial complex for Truthout, the New York Times, the...

Maya Schenwar is the author of Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better, and is the Editor-in-Chief of Truthout, an independent social justice news website. She has written about the prison-industrial complex for Truthout, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Newark Star-Ledger, Ms. Magazine, and others, and has appeared on many national radio and television programs. She is the recipient of a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Chi Award and a Lannan Residency Fellowship, both for her writing on prisons. Previous to her work at Truthout, Maya was Contributing Editor at Punk Planet magazine and served as media coordinator for Voices for Creative Nonviolence.