Jonathan Kirkpatrick

    Jonathan covers harm reduction and re-entry. He’s incarcerated at Washington Corrections Center, where he’s a Teacher’s Assistant for re-entry workshops and trains peer educators in HIV and hepatitis C harm reduction. His Washington State Department of Corrections job is crafting quilts out of recycled materials to donate to nonprofits for fundraising. His writing has been published by the Appeal, Truthout, Jewish Currents and the Seattle Journal for Social Justice. His ID number in WDOC is #716850, and until WDOC corrects a 28-year-old paperwork error his name in Securus is “Jonathon.”

    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 ...