Tag: mass incarceration
St. Louis Weighs What to Do With the Shuttered “Workhouse” Jail
For years, St. Louis activists have fought to shut down the city’s notorious Medium ...
For Misdemeanor Poverty, Georgia Would Assign Mandatory Cash Bail
February 29 is Crossover Day in the Georgia General Assembly, with lawmakers clambering over ...
The Imaginary Points We Earn in Prison, to Get Imaginary Parole
Unless they’re serving life, most parole hopefuls in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody ...
Cash Assistance for Prison Re-Entry Still Controversial, for Some Reason
On February 7, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee killed legislation that was almost guaranteed ...
As Parole Hopes Fade, Older Prisoners Struggle to Guide the Young
For a long time, corrections departments around the country maintained order—relatively speaking—through the informal ...
NYC Defies Mayor Adams to Ban Solitary Confinement, Rein In NYPD
The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a package of police and jail ...
White House Issues Very Soft Call for Prisoner Access to OUD Meds
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released its first press ...
Prison Routines Have Fallen Apart, Leaving Old-Timers Adrift
Wesley*, 51, has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons for more ...
As Prisons Shutter Classes and Mental Health Care, Drugs Fill the Gap
I first met David “Lucky” Kestner about 15 years ago, when we were both ...
Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising ...
