In early July, for the first time since COVID-19 protocols were lifted in April, a general-population prisoner at Washington Corrections…
In 1992, the year I learned I had HIV, a friend got me a dishwasher job at a restaurant in…
In 1990 Los Angeles, the kids who did sex work had communal syringes stashed in hiding places around the city.…
On July 1, as Washington State's embattled "Blake decision" expires, a new drug possession law takes effect. After a winding…
[Read Part 1 of this story here] When prisoners with release dates enter the final years of their sentence, Washington…
Just before the pandemic hit, when my Washington Corrections Center (WCC) job assignment was Maintenance crew, I fell off a…
Around 30 years ago, Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) took an unusual approach to the way it allocated staff…
Washington state banned public smoking on December 8, 2005. The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC), however, had been preparing…
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…