The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of us to stay in prison as…
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six years on a first-time, nonviolent conviction,…
In the three years and two months that Pareshkumer Desai has been detained pretrial, the only time he's been inside…
Brought into existence to tell us whether Georgia's notoriously unsafe prison system is unsafe, a state Senate study committee has…
As President Joe Biden announces a new round of pardons and commutations—including several for people with marijuana and other drug…
Six weeks after the United States Department of Justice published the findings of its investigation into Georgia Department of Corrections…
On November 20, advocates, formerly incarcerated people, their families and congressmembers gathered at the United States Capitol, urging President Joe…
In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started…
[Part 1 and Part 2 of this series were published in October] Just about everyone who makes it out of…
Law enforcement has done a good job of portraying recidivism as a kind of unfortunate tendency some people just can't…