Christy Perez 
Among Georgia Prison Leadership, a Deepening War On Transparency
After four years at the helm of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), Timothy ...
“There’s More Accidents”: Disabled Prisoners Struggle Amid Understaffing
John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for ...
Drastic Commissary Price Hikes Leave Prisoners Without Food, Medicine
Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that ...
The Christmas Traditions I’ve Created Over a Decade in Prison
Many people I’ve spent Christmas with in prison have described this time of year ...
Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs
Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the ...
Georgia Privatizes Prison Medical Care—With Contractor’s Goal to Cut Costs
After years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Prisoners Without Cells or Beds Are Sleeping Outside in Georgia
Many effects of the understaffing crisis within the Georgia Department of Corrections have been ...
“The Great Meltdown”: In Prisons, a Drug War Without Harm Reduction
Those of us incarcerated by the Georgia Department of Corrections got used to the ...
Don’t Brag About Hiring People With Criminal Records If You Ignore Those of Us With Felonies
The first thing employers are going to ask me when I get out of ...
Restoring Pell Grants to Prisoners Boosts Our Education—in Theory
In 2023, the Education Department will restore Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students and ...
