Jimmy Iakovos

    Jimmy Iakovos is a pseudonym for a writer who is incarcerated in Georgia. It is illegal in some Southern states to earn a living while under a sentence of penal servitude. Writing has enabled Jimmy to endure over 30 years of continuous imprisonment.

    Fixing Electronics in Prison

    There are few soft surfaces in prison, so when one of us drops a ...

    The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey

    Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed ...

    Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes

    After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia ...

    Georgia Prisons Raise Commissary Prices to Breaking Point

    The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has surprised those of us in its custody ...

    Prison Contraband Drone Drops Are Becoming a Problem for Local Jails

    Drones are such a popular method of bringing contraband into Georgia’s prisons that they’re ...

    ICE Resumes Immigrant Detention at Private Jail Known for Medical Abuse

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement is again holding detainees at the southern Georgia jail it ...

    Georgia Prisons Are Deadlier Than Ever. One Reason? We’re Starving.

    The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is once again on track to surpass the ...

    Inevitably, FCC Moves to Let Prisons Use Illegal Cell Phone Signal Jammers

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to ...

    With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

    [Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ...