Volume 33, Number 1 (2024) is a special issue of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons (JPP) edited by Grant Tietjen (University of Washington Tacoma), Alison Cox (East Carolina University) and J. Renee Trombley (Metropolitan State University of Denver) marking the 25th anniversary of Convict Criminology.

The collection features contributions on the reflecting on the past, present and future of Convict Criminology, including the role activism can play in scholarship by criminalized people. There are also articles that examine topics such as the challenges associated with securing release from prison and the stigmatizing impact labels have people deemed to be criminal.

Contributors include Alison Cox, Daniel Kavish, Michelle Malkin, Jennifer Ortiz, Jeffrey Ian Ross, Grant Tietjen, J. Renee Trombley and Denise Woodall.

The collection also includes cover art from Serge Tkachenko and Oliger Merko that were originally showcased at Prison Creative Arts Project exhibitions.