In 2006, the prison where I was being housed routinely served a breakfast that included worms in the oatmeal, and…
Earlier in July, a Tennessee county library board came close to banning all books with transgender themes. After a board…
Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed into the prison system when he…
In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, and sentenced to life with the…
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…