Jimmy Iakovos

Profits and Violence in the Prison Commissary Resale Market

The weekly limit of coffee I can order from the prison commissary is enough for about two days, so for…

February 24, 2025

Ask for Reasonable Housing in Prison and It May Get You Forcibly Medicated

Jack*, a loner by nature, requires a single-man cell to remain mentally stable in prison. He requires nothing else; just…

February 20, 2025

“Additional Meals” in Prison Seems to Mean “Even Less Food Than Before”

It used to be that Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners worked five days a week and got a sack…

February 12, 2025

Prison Social Circles Will Run on Smoking Until Vaping Isn’t Banned

Years ago, in that other life before prison, a friend once announced, I am going to quit smoking pot. I…

January 29, 2025

Parole Violations Didn’t Always Mean Prison. They Sent Us Somewhere Else.

Ben* is about to parole out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody. His approved release address is with his…

January 6, 2025

In Final Meeting, GA Prisons Senate Committee Votes for the Status Quo

Brought into existence to tell us whether Georgia's notoriously unsafe prison system is unsafe, a state Senate study committee has…

December 16, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the “Choice” of Court-Ordered Drug Treatment

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the famed anti-vaxxer poised to take over the United States Department of Health and Human Services,…

December 4, 2024

“Ethical Porn” Probably Doesn’t Mean the Porn We’re Producing in Prison

P, serving life in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, looks at the men gathered in the cell. Three potential…

November 5, 2024

GA Parole-Eligible Lifers Are Headed to the Private Prison Aftercare Industry

Of the 51,284 people currently incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, 7,937 people are serving life with parole.…

October 18, 2024

Georgia Won’t Fix Its Prisons Crisis. There’s Money in Letting It Get Worse.

When I began my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons over 30 years ago, bunk beds shoved into…

September 27, 2024