Tony Vick 
To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read
The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, ...
“A Moral Crime”: 22 Years in Solitary, and the Prison System That Watched
At age 18, Frank De Palma entered Nevada Department of Corrections custody on a ...
How Prison Guard Became the Job Everyone Leaves
Lonnie, in his late 40s, was a high school teacher for 20 years before ...
Watching the Trump Trials in Prison, With Con Artists Cheering Him On
Our living unit at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee doesn’t have a communal ...
How We Still Find Joy After Decades in Prison
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. ...
CoreCivic Manages Our Prison, and Tries Not to Manage Our Medical Care
Five years ago, abdominal pain drove James to the infirmary at South Central Correctional ...
TN Private Prisons Quietly Transfer Us, This Time Without Saying Why
In 2016, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center—the largest ...
The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”
Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the ...
The Recipes I Use to De-Escalate Violence in Prison
In 2015 I was transferred to West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a prison with a ...
As a Prison Fills With Wheelchairs and Walkers, an Eldercare Collective Forms
From our table in the prison day room at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
