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.
On July 1, President Donald Trump visited the Florida immigrant detention compound dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” On July 2, water began…
Back before the COVID-19 pandemic when the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) still had corrections officers, the first shift would…
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[This article describes deaths by suicide, including reference to a method of suicide.] Asked if they ever think about…
I thought we learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment that college-age corrections officers are not a good idea. But it…
In the Department of Justice report summarizing its years-long investigations into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), it noted that…
If you didn’t already have a bank account before you were incarcerated, it’s almost impossible to open one while you…