Jonathan Kirkpatrick 
Harm Reduction Overlooks Hep A and B. They Matter Here in Prison.
On May 7, UNAIDS called for prisoner access to harm reduction—medication for opioid use ...
With No Meds for Meth Use, He Prepares to Leave Prison—and Return
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Larry Vessey Jr. is less than four ...
WA Drug Penalties Uncertain as Legislature Adjourns in Stalemate
On April 23, Washington state lawmakers ended the current legislative session still in limbo ...
How Drug Courts Keep You in Prison, Even Without Drug-Related Charges
In 2016, Larry Vessey Jr. was sentenced to 58 months in the custody of ...
Our Prison Says We Have Suboxone Access. Prisoners Say Otherwise.
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the ...
As Fentanyl Spreads in Our Prison, Guards Learn How Not to Use Narcan
At Washington Corrections Center (WCC), in Shelton, WA, opioids are an increasingly large part ...
The Lonely Work of HIV Harm Reduction in Prison
Many people living with HIV who pass through Washington Corrections Center (WCC) tell me ...
Harm Reduction for the Syringes We Make in Prison
Harm reduction supplies are hard to come by in prison. In some facilities, people ...
Recollections of Solitary Confinement During the HIV Epidemic
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been ...
