Media + Culture

The Great American Cop-Out

Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 48th Great American Smokeout, held annually on the third Thursday of November. Promoted by…

November 21, 2024

How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended

In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started…

November 19, 2024

Learning to Live With Suicide in Prison

[This article describes deaths by suicide, including references to the methods of suicide.]              …

November 14, 2024

What Does “Lived Experience” Really Mean?

Policymakers frequently fail to listen to those they serve, making it impossible to understand their needs. “Nothing about us without…

November 12, 2024

“906 Vapor” Tracks Assault on Grassroots Tobacco Harm Reduction

“I never could have guessed,” reflects Marc Slis, “what would happen when I quit smoking.” 906 Vapor is a short…

November 7, 2024

“Ethical Porn” Probably Doesn’t Mean the Porn We’re Producing in Prison

P, serving life in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, looks at the men gathered in the cell. Three potential…

November 5, 2024

To Me, International Drug Users Day Should Mean Pride

International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my heart. I’ve lost so many people…

November 1, 2024

Why the Demise of Youth Smoking Is an Overlooked Public Health Triumph

Amid the moral panic over youth vaping and a widespread belief that it’s a “gateway” to cigarettes, youth smoking in…

October 30, 2024

Where Harm Reduction Stands Around the World in 2024

On October 29, Harm Reduction International released its latest biannual report on the status of harm reduction services around the…

October 29, 2024

Photographing the Community on Tennessee’s Death Row

From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the Tennessee prison that houses death row for…

October 29, 2024