John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for the past five years. Around 2020,…
A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, as the city is accused of…
On January 1, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) announced on Twitter that his administration “has marked 42,964 cannabis convictions erased.”…
Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that are pulling basic food and hygiene…
Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout Brazilian towns and cities since the…
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been having unprotected sex, and sharing needles…
Just hours before a law to end cash bail in Illinois was due to take effect on January 1, the…
US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal sentencing disparity between crack and powder…
[Read Part 1 of this story here.] Charlie was someone you’d expect to be an easy target in prison, and…
For most of his time in Georgia Department of Corrections custody, Charlie was assigned to the horticulture crew. Over those…