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.

    Profits and Violence in the Prison Commissary Resale Market

    The weekly limit of coffee I can order from the prison commissary is enough ...

    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 ...

    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, ...

    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 ...

    “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 ...

    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 ...