For a long time, corrections departments around the country maintained order—relatively speaking—through the informal system of old prisoners showing new…
The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a package of police and jail reforms, in defiance of Mayor Eric…
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its first press release of 2024, promoting a January…
Wesley*, 51, has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons for more than half his life. Every morning…
I first met David "Lucky" Kestner about 15 years ago, when we were both incarcerated at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution…
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising number of lawsuits prisoners were filing…
Dan*, a 40-something prisoner in Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), wants to make it clear that he doesn't intend…
On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction in contempt of court, as Gothamist…
A St. Louis city jail is reportedly now tracking overdoses among incarcerated people, after local media forced its hand. But…
On November 27, Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appointed Flavio Dino to Brazil's Supreme Court. In filling the…