On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison in Tennessee, gave notice that 128…
Before the days of modern air-conditioning, homes and businesses in the Southeastern United States were built with 10- to 14-foot…
A top federal drug official is calling for the government to move “away from criminalization” under the drug war, saying…
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) more than doubled the number of states authorized to provide…
At around 4 am on June 16, Smith State Prison became the site of the only fatal shooting in recent…
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the state’s first regulation protecting indoor workers…
Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are thresholds that legally separate possession from…
After Dean Hoffman was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution in April 2023, his daughter noticed a difference right away. Somehow…
I work at a prison call center. My job is to read from a script about various kinds of debt…
On July 1, three years into its nine-year contract, private health care provider Wellpath will leave behind its 50,000-plus patients…