In Nebraska, where state prisons are often at 140-percent capacity, the legislature is considering a bill pertaining to “double-bunking,” AKA…
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central Correctional Facility, where I'm currently incarcerated,…
Colorado is poised to become the first state to recognize prison visitation as a right, rather than a privilege. Though…
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m currently incarcerated, they almost always remark…
A federal judge has made a historic decision to take control of the Rikers Island jail complex away from the…
I thought we learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment that college-age corrections officers are not a good idea. But it…
For many years, the “Workhouse” jail in St. Louis, Missouri, subjected people to horrific conditions. After a long campaign, the…
In the Department of Justice report summarizing its years-long investigations into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), it noted that…
If you didn’t already have a bank account before you were incarcerated, it’s almost impossible to open one while you…
Vermont legislators are reviewing a wide-ranging prison equity bill that, if enacted, would make the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC)…