Tag: mass incarceration
Georgia Won’t Fix Its Prisons Crisis. There’s Money in Letting It Get Worse.
When I began my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons over 30 ...
CA Proposes “Treatment-Mandated Felony” Sentence for Drug Possession
In 2014, California voters passed a ballot initiative that punished most drug possession and ...
Guards Delegate Security to Prisoners as Understaffing Crisis Evolves
Corrections officers (COs) have long relied on prisoners to do various parts of their ...
Everyone in Prison Needs a Hustle. For a Small Fee, I’ll Help You Find Yours.
When you enter the men’s prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like ...
In Defense of Contraband Cell Phones
As a transgender woman incarcerated in a men’s prison system, each day was a ...
When the Prison Grievance Process Is Worth the Risk
For nearly three decades, I’ve been hearing people scream for help. Screams of people ...
To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read
The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, ...
“Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next
On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison ...
“Soups Will Cook There”: How Prisons Became Heat Traps by Design
Before the days of modern air-conditioning, homes and businesses in the Southeastern United States ...
NIDA Leadership Calls for “All Three” OUD Medications in Prisons and Jails
A top federal drug official is calling for the government to move “away from ...
