Tag: covid
Prison Routines Have Fallen Apart, Leaving Old-Timers Adrift
Wesley*, 51, has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons for more ...
COVID Testing in Our Prison Has Been Used to Harm, Not Help
In early July, for the first time since COVID-19 protocols were lifted in April, ...
COVID Left Our Private Prison With a New Normal: “Rolling Lockdowns”
Like with so many prisons across the country, the pandemic sent Tennessee’s South Central ...
Among Georgia Prison Leadership, a Deepening War On Transparency
After four years at the helm of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), Timothy ...
WA Prisons Expanded Gradual Reentry. COVID Is an Excuse to Block Us.
In 2018, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) implemented a Graduated Reentry (GRE) ...
Federal Prisons Director to Resign Amid Staff Corruption, COVID Failures
Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal is resigning in the wake of highly ...
Global COVID Vaccination Rates for People in Prison Remain Far Too Low
On December 14, Harm Reduction International (HRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI)—two non-governmental organizations ...
“Good Behavior” Gets Us Early Release—If Corrections Decides to Honor It
Twenty-two-year-old Angel Rosso has been incarcerated in Washington state since 2018. His release date ...
One Year Into COVID, Methadone Deliveries Show the Way Forward
Created in the spring of 2020, the New York City Methadone Delivery System (MDS) ...
