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.
In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike Act. Though the name—a riff of…
For the first time in six years, in 2025 the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles allowed more people…
There are few soft surfaces in prison, so when one of us drops a pair of glasses or a radio…
Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed kinda funny, even from prison. Seeing…
After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) sent them…
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has surprised those of us in its custody with yet another commissary price hike.…
Drones are such a popular method of bringing contraband into Georgia’s prisons that they're creating their own mini incarceration boom.…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is again holding detainees at the southern Georgia jail it previously cut ties with amid allegations…
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is once again on track to surpass the record levels of violence and deaths…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to use cell phone signal jamming devices.…