Tony Vick 
“A Shared Dread”: Immigrant Prisoners Near Release, Knowing ICE Is Waiting
Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed ...
For Wrongful Convictions, Tennessee Slowly Builds a Pathway Out of Prison
In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, ...
In Tennessee, a Dwindling Group of People Can Vote While Still in Prison
Tennessee, where I’ve been incarcerated for the past three decades, is notorious for felony ...
“No Real Security”: TN Prison Tablet Rollout Cut Short as ViaPath Flees
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central ...
The Case for the Prison Miniyard
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m ...
At CoreCivic Prisons, Re-Entry Staff Are Told to Do Less
South Central Correctional Facility recently hosted a job fair, and didn’t invite anyone to ...
CoreCivic Crisis in Uncharted Waters at the Four Private Prisons in Tennessee
Private prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of ...
Gang-Run Prisons Compound Trauma. We Know How to Reduce It.
In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren’t the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated ...
Learning to Be Openly Gay in Prison, to Anyone Who Asks (Except PREA)
The experience of being gay in prison has changed a lot since I was ...
Waiting for Tennessee to Reform Its Felony Murder Rule
The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of ...
