Tony Vick 
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 ...
TN Prisons Don’t Expedite Early Release. What If It’s an Emergency?
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six ...
In Prison, a Sex Conviction Is a Target for Assault. Staff Pretends Otherwise.
Coming into the Tennessee men’s prison system nearly 30 years ago, I assumed that ...
Learning to Live With Suicide in Prison
[This article describes deaths by suicide, including references to the methods of suicide.] ...
Given Few Options for Chronic Pain, Prisoners Are Making Safer Moonshine
Moonshine, hooch, julep, toilet wine, clear—whatever they call it, over the past 30 years ...
Photographing the Community on Tennessee’s Death Row
From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the Tennessee ...
