On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...

PENDLETON, Ore. — Inside the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, the hum of sewing machines fills the air as adults in custody (AICs) craft workwear with purpose. For more than 30 years, the ...

The grainy images are both utterly mundane and deeply disturbing. They flicker past silently; the soundtrack to this short movie is long lost. Yet there’s a soundless wail of horror behind these ...

Cash originally released “Folsom Prison Blues” as the B-side to his second single, “So Doggone Lonesome.” The single peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He recorded the track ...

On this day (July 30) in 1955, Johnny Cash entered the Sun Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee, and recorded the original rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues.” He would later release the song as a ...

Released in May 1968, “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” was the outlaw country singer’s first live album on the Columbia label.

The federal government awards contracts for a vast majority of its textile production needs to factories that employ federal prisoners. Many of these prisoners make barely more than a dollar an hour ...

Meet the men behind Oregon's Prison Blues clothing line For more than 30 years, the Prison Blues clothing line has been made by adults in custody, and for many, it’s more than just a job. It’s a path ...