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.
Years ago, in that other life before prison, a friend once announced, I am going to quit smoking pot. I…
Ben* is about to parole out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody. His approved release address is with his…
Brought into existence to tell us whether Georgia's notoriously unsafe prison system is unsafe, a state Senate study committee has…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the famed anti-vaxxer poised to take over the United States Department of Health and Human Services,…
P, serving life in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, looks at the men gathered in the cell. Three potential…
Of the 51,284 people currently incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, 7,937 people are serving life with parole.…
When I began my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons over 30 years ago, bunk beds shoved into…
On September 17, the Georgia House committee studying the “youth vaping epidemic” holds its third and final meeting as it…
In February, Georgia lawmakers created a study committee to think about whether people in the state's prison system, at least…
In early August, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) air-dropped cigarettes over the Gaza Strip. Attached were leaflets bearing messages like:…