Tag: mass incarceration

    Prison Didn’t Rehabilitate Me, But Using Meth in Prison Did

    It’s ironic in retrospect that drugs were part of why I went to prison, ...

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    Christy Perez

    Lifers, Lab Rats and the Mandatory Minimums Experiment

    In the 1950s, John’s Hopkins University Professor Curt Richter ran a series of experiments ...

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    Jimmy Iakovos

    Why Allowing Only Prison-Issue Cell Phones Hurts Our Reentry Prospects

    The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is no longer allowing prisoners on work release ...

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    Christy Perez

    Judge Orders County to Offer OUD Meds to All Jailed Patients, in US First

    A New York district judge has ordered upstate Jefferson County to offer medication for ...

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    Daniel Moritz-Rabson

    Traumatized Veterans Who Use Drugs Left to Suffer in Prison

    About seven years ago, the Tennessee private prison where I’ve been incarcerated for the ...

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    Tony Vick

    Is the “Progressive Prosecutor” Movement on Its Last Legs?

    Once upon a time, Milwaukee elected Frank Zeidler, the last socialist mayor of a ...

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    Rory Fleming

    Tobacco Bans in Our Prisons Are Rich Pickings for Me—and the COs

    The first time the Georgia Department of Corrections tried to go tobacco-free was 1994. ...

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    Jimmy Iakovos

    “No Evidence” Higher Incarceration Rates Reduce Fears of Crime

    A population that perceives itself at the top of the pile soon becomes fearful, ...

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    Rory Fleming

    Biden’s Clemency Announcement Falls Far Short

    On April 26, President Joe Biden announced that he was using his clemency powers ...

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    Rory Fleming

    Sen. Hawley’s Bid to Make Federal Sentencing Guidelines Mandatory

    Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s elevation to the Supreme Court from the DC Circuit was ...

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    Rory Fleming