On March 25, 39-year-old Barry Cozart collapsed at Rikers, New York City’s notorious island jail complex. He’d been held on…
Oklahoma has just begun allowing prisoners to purchase safer nicotine products—vapes and pouches—at commissary. Some jails already permitted this, as…
As President Donald Trump's war on immigrants escalates, hundreds of Venezuelans were deported to be incarcerated in El Salvador on…
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) has announced pardons for dozens of people with older convictions, most of whom had drug…
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. I wondered if anyone else was…
I got my first tattoo at 15, a Grim Reaper profile with the scythe arcing over its head. My father…
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) is fighting a deposition that would require him to testify in October 24 in…
The other day I was in Walmart when a little girl, maybe 8 or so, struck up a conversation. Her…
Harm reductionists on the outside often say the work happens in a legal gray area. That real harm reduction plays…
Thirty years ago, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners were only allowed one 15-minute phone call per month. You made…