Jimmy Iakovos 
Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising ...
Smoking in Prisons Has Changed. Why Are We Denied Lung Cancer Screens?
A talking point often circulated in harm reduction is that the moment someone is ...
On Thanksgiving I’m Grateful to Have Internet, Until Our Prison Catches Us
I am thankful that on my 33rd Thanksgiving in prison, I’ll be allowed an ...
For Decades, Tattoos Helped Me Make Sense of Death and Prison
I got my first tattoo at 15, a Grim Reaper profile with the scythe ...
Meth Was the Routine in Our Biker Club. Psychedelics Were the Escapes.
I was a fan of psychedelics long before I got ahold of any. Such ...
GA May Put CBD in Pharmacies. Could It Help People on Parole?
In a June 14 public hearing, the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy is considering ...
Making Phone Calls From Our Prison Costs Us More Than Just the Money
Thirty years ago, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners were only allowed one 15-minute ...
Georgia Poised to Criminalize Vaping in Public Spaces
The state of Georgia has long criminalized harm reduction whatever way it can, and ...
How I Quit Cigarettes in Prison, After Smoking for 40 Years
I’m coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day I stopped smoking cigarettes. ...
How Drugs Grew in Our Prison Flower Beds for Over a Decade
[Read Part 1 of this story here.] Charlie was someone you’d expect to be ...
