Fellow Spotlight: Andrea Armstrong

June 18, 2025 Videos MacArthur Fellows

In our Fellow Spotlight series, we share excerpts from our interview with MacArthur Fellow Andrea Armstrong and learn more about the poor living conditions in prisons and jails. 

Andrea Armstrong is an incarceration law scholar bringing much-needed transparency to incarceration practices in the United States.

The MacArthur Fellowship is a $800,000, no-strings-attached grant for individuals who have shown exceptional creativity in their work and the promise to do more.

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