Tag: mass incarceration
The Christmas Traditions I’ve Created Over a Decade in Prison
Many people I’ve spent Christmas with in prison have described this time of year ...
The Limits of AG’s Guidelines Against Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity
US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal ...
Will Senate End Crack-Powder Sentence Disparity, as Time Runs Out?
Senators are scrambling to negotiate a last-minute deal on crack cocaine sentencing reform. Current ...
New York’s Infamous Rikers Island Could Become a Green Energy Hub
After New York City officials voted to permanently close the infamous Rikers Island jail ...
White House Protest to Urge Release of All Federal Cannabis Prisoners
Hip hop artists Redman and M-1 of dead prez are joining Students for Sensible ...
Prisoners Without Cells or Beds Are Sleeping Outside in Georgia
Many effects of the understaffing crisis within the Georgia Department of Corrections have been ...
“The Great Meltdown”: In Prisons, a Drug War Without Harm Reduction
Those of us incarcerated by the Georgia Department of Corrections got used to the ...
Harm Reduction for Electronic Monitoring, Until We Can Abolish It
A new American Civil Liberties Union report on electronic monitoring (EM) lays out a ...
Don’t Brag About Hiring People With Criminal Records If You Ignore Those of Us With Felonies
The first thing employers are going to ask me when I get out of ...
Will Tennessee’s Initiative to Formally Outlaw Slavery Help Prisoners?
A ballot initiative in Tennessee would formally outlaw slavery in the state constitution. It ...
