Media + Culture
How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended
In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the ...
Learning to Live With Suicide in Prison
[This article describes deaths by suicide, including references to the methods of suicide.] ...
What Does “Lived Experience” Really Mean?
Policymakers frequently fail to listen to those they serve, making it impossible to understand ...
“906 Vapor” Tracks Assault on Grassroots Tobacco Harm Reduction
“I never could have guessed,” reflects Marc Slis, “what would happen when I quit ...
“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 ...
To Me, International Drug Users Day Should Mean Pride
International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my ...
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 ...
Where Harm Reduction Stands Around the World in 2024
On October 29, Harm Reduction International released its latest biannual report on the status ...
Photographing the Community on Tennessee’s Death Row
From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the Tennessee ...
A White House Invite for OD Prevention… Then They Shut Me Out
I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a ...
