When someone dies without a doctor present, and they hadn't seen a doctor anytime recently, a local medical examiner will…
In 20 years of incarceration across four different Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) facilities, I don't remember seeing someone…
Like with so many prisons across the country, the pandemic sent Tennessee's South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF) into a state…
[Read Part 1 of this story here] When prisoners with release dates enter the final years of their sentence, Washington…
One of the many harms of the stigma society inflicts on marginalized people who use drugs is destruction of trust…
Just before the pandemic hit, when my Washington Corrections Center (WCC) job assignment was Maintenance crew, I fell off a…
Thirty years ago, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners were only allowed one 15-minute phone call per month. You made…
At a marathon public City Council meeting, Atlanta lawmakers have voted to approve millions in taxpayer funding for "Cop City,"…
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has been bolstering his "tough on crime" agenda by promising that the state will prosecute…
Around 30 years ago, Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) took an unusual approach to the way it allocated staff…