Intersections + Injustice
Some Thoughts on Dying in Prison
Over the course of my nearly 30 years in Tennessee Department of Correction custody, ...
Prisoners Need Civilian Review Boards, Too
Toward the end of my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody I ...
Georgia Won’t Fix Its Prisons Crisis. There’s Money in Letting It Get Worse.
When I began my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons over 30 ...
Over 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data
Hundreds of thousands of people are still being arrested for marijuana possession in the ...
For NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Abuses, Discipline Is “Close to Nonexistent”
Over a decade after the New York City Police Department’s notoriously racist “stop-and-frisk” practice ...
Guards Delegate Security to Prisoners as Understaffing Crisis Evolves
Corrections officers (COs) have long relied on prisoners to do various parts of their ...
Psychedelic-Climate Week Launches in NYC: What Are the Connections?
Psychedelic-Climate Week launched in Manhattan on September 17. Timed to run alongside the annual ...
Trans Health Care Requires You to Be “Sick.” In Prison, You Can Work That.
On September 17, a federal judge halted the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) ban ...
Prisons Crush Almost All LGBTQ+ Organizing. Our Community Survives.
My name is Tavaria, but people call me Varia, T, Mama T or Queen. ...
In Defense of Contraband Cell Phones
As a transgender woman incarcerated in a men’s prison system, each day was a ...
