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…
[This article describes deaths by suicide, including references to the methods of suicide.] …
Moonshine, hooch, julep, toilet wine, clear—whatever they call it, over the past 30 years Tennessee’s prison bootleggers have improved their…
From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the Tennessee prison that houses death row for…
From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, the site of death row…
Over the course of my nearly 30 years in Tennessee Department of Correction custody, I've seen many friends die painlessly.…
When you enter the men's prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like shirts and two matching pairs of…
C*, a 39-year-old Army veteran, struggled to adjust to daily life after coming home from Afghanistan and Iraq. When he…
For nearly three decades, I've been hearing people scream for help. Screams of people being raped, robbed, stabbed. Screams of…