mass incarceration

Gang-Run Prisons Compound Trauma. We Know How to Reduce It.

In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren't the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated prisoners are, and essentially have free…

March 19, 2025

Escaping From Prison Is Easier Than You’d Think. We Just Know Better.

On March 9, someone made a rare escape from a Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) probation detention center. He was…

March 18, 2025

All the New Guards Hired to Improve Security Are Making Prison Less Safe

In the wake of a Department of Justice investigation that confirmed conditions in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons are…

March 11, 2025

“We Haven’t Seen the Worst Yet”—Private Prisons Relish Trump Deportations Plan

Immigration was a dominant theme of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on March 4, an antagonistic marathon of self-congratulation,…

March 6, 2025

Georgia Moves to Ban All Transgender Health Care in State Prisons

Georgia senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the state prison system from providing medically necessary gender-affirming treatment to people…

February 27, 2025

Profits and Violence in the Prison Commissary Resale Market

The weekly limit of coffee I can order from the prison commissary is enough for about two days, so for…

February 24, 2025

Another Death in NYC Jail, as Mayor Adams Plans to Send in ICE

The New York City jails crisis is spiraling; a 34th person is now reported to have died in custody under…

February 20, 2025

“Additional Meals” in Prison Seems to Mean “Even Less Food Than Before”

It used to be that Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners worked five days a week and got a sack…

February 12, 2025

South Dakota Considers Defelonizing Drug Ingestion

South Dakota might change a drug law that makes it an outlier in the United States. It's currently the only…

February 4, 2025

Waiting for Tennessee to Reform Its Felony Murder Rule

The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of us to stay in prison as…

January 21, 2025