Tennessee, where I’ve been incarcerated for the past three decades, is notorious for felony disenfranchisement. Nearly half a million people…
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central Correctional Facility, where I'm currently incarcerated,…
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m currently incarcerated, they almost always remark…
South Central Correctional Facility recently hosted a job fair, and didn’t invite anyone to attend it. There were no flyers,…
Private prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of handing over management of an entire…
In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren't the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated prisoners are, and essentially have free…
The experience of being gay in prison has changed a lot since I was first incarcerated almost 30 years ago.…
The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of us to stay in prison as…
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six years on a first-time, nonviolent conviction,…
Coming into the Tennessee men’s prison system nearly 30 years ago, I assumed that my murder conviction would make me…