Jonathan is serving a 60-year sentence at Washington Corrections Center, where he trains peer educators in HIV and hepatitis C harm reduction. He’s one of the original contributors to the Redemption Project. Early in the pandemic, he organized the provision of thousands of masks to prisoners and other vulnerable communities. In his free time, he crafts quilts to donate to nonprofits for fundraising.
On May 7, UNAIDS called for prisoner access to harm reduction—medication for opioid use disorder, sterile syringes and condoms—to reduce…
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Larry Vessey Jr. is less than four months out from his release from…
On April 23, Washington state lawmakers ended the current legislative session still in limbo over whether to increase penalties for…
In 2016, Larry Vessey Jr. was sentenced to 58 months in the custody of Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC).…
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC)…
At Washington Corrections Center (WCC), in Shelton, WA, opioids are an increasingly large part of the drug supply. But though…
Many people living with HIV who pass through Washington Corrections Center (WCC) tell me their status, because I'm known as…
Harm reduction supplies are hard to come by in prison. In some facilities, people who inject drugs might use needles…
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been having unprotected sex, and sharing needles…