Inside Journal®, available nationwide, is a newspaper for men and women incarcerated in state and federal prisons and other penal institutions in the United States. 

History: Prison Fellowship Ministries (PFM) began Inside Journal in late 1990 and publishes six issues per year. PFM is the nonprofit Christian ministry founded by Charles Colson, former aide to President Nixon. Colson was imprisoned for a Watergate-related conviction in the 1970s.

Circulation: lnside Journal prints 390,000 copies of each issue. It reaches 100 percent of the nation's state and federal prisons (2,250 prisons in all 50 states). Bulk subscriptions are sent to chaplains, education departments, and libraries in the institutions for free distribution to prisoners.

Editorial Formula: lnside Journal provides inspirational material to help prisoners deal with incarceration, better prepare themselves for release, and remain crime-free upon re-entry into society. It provides spiritual information and helps build the church behind the walls.