mass incarceration

St. Louis Agrees Compensation for People Jailed at Notorious “Workhouse”

For many years, the “Workhouse” jail in St. Louis, Missouri, subjected people to horrific conditions. After a long campaign, the…

May 8, 2025

Georgia Prisons Now Hold Over 10,000 Lifers as Parole Crisis Deepens

In the Department of Justice report summarizing its years-long investigations into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), it noted that…

May 6, 2025

Can Any Banks Explain How Prisoner ID Cards Aren’t Valid State-Issued ID?

If you didn’t already have a bank account before you were incarcerated, it’s almost impossible to open one while you…

April 28, 2025

Vermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable Commissary

Vermont legislators are reviewing a wide-ranging prison equity bill that, if enacted, would make the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC)…

April 21, 2025

A Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths for Now

We used to hold funerals in the prison chapel. There was a sheet-covered table with a dais in front of…

April 14, 2025

Prison Visits Should Have Always Been a Right, Not a Privilege

Adam* has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities for somewhere around 40 years. His wife Ruth* has…

April 10, 2025

What Jobs Are Prison Correctional Industries Training Us For, Exactly?

At every Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prison I’ve ever landed in without a work detail already assigned to me,…

April 2, 2025

GA Prisons Padlock Our Cells. Will We Die in a Fire? Let’s Ask a Lockpicker.

In October 2024, the Department of Justice published the long-awaited findings of its investigation(s) into violence inside Georgia Department of…

March 25, 2025

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