life sentences

Three Lifers on Why Prisons Need Re-Entry Support for the Prisoners Who Aren’t Coming Home

One of the most commonly cited statistics in corrections department promotional materials is the one about how 95 percent of…

August 5, 2026

Georgia “One Strike Act”: Even More Life Sentences, Even Less Parole

In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike Act. Though the name—a riff of…

March 2, 2026

Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes

After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) sent them…

November 20, 2025

Feds Take Small Steps Away From Life Sentences for Street-Level Drug Selling

New amendments to federal sentencing guidelines will put less of an emphasis on the quantity of drugs someone was charged…

November 6, 2025

As Years in Prison Become Decades, Lifers’ Thoughts on Suicide Evolve

[This article describes deaths by suicide, including reference to a method of suicide.]   Asked if they ever think about…

May 14, 2025

Georgia’s Death Penalty Reform Bill Has an Odd View on Life Sentences

Georgia is on the brink of reforming its death penalty law for intellectually disabled defendants, a move being heralded as…

April 18, 2025