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.

    Georgia “One Strike Act”: Even More Life Sentences, Even Less Parole

    In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike ...

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    The Last Days of Parole

    For the first time in six years, in 2025 the Georgia State Board of ...

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    Fixing Electronics in Prison

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

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    The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey

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

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    Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes

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

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    Georgia Prisons Raise Commissary Prices to Breaking Point

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

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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 ...

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