Maya Schenwar (born November 10, 1982) is a journalist and writer focused on prisons. She lives in Chicago and is editor-in-chief (the most important editor) of Truthout. As an editor, she publishes articles about politics that have a progressive viewpoint. She has also written books and many articles for other media websites. As a prison abolitionist, she believes the U.S. government must get rid of prisons in order to make a fairer society, and her work talks about the bad things that happen in prisons. Even though she disagrees with Joe Biden about prisons, she plans to vote for him in 2020.