Tag: mass incarceration
Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear
As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which ...
Legal Battle Emerges as ICE Denies Bail to All Undocumented Immigrants
Immigrant rights activists are fighting back against a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ...
If Prisons Are Meant for Rehabilitation, Stop Transferring Us All the Time
Decades ago when he first entered Georgia Department of Corrections custody, D* used to ...
For Wrongful Convictions, Tennessee Slowly Builds a Pathway Out of Prison
In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, ...
Nebraska’s Fix for Double-Bunking in Solitary Confinement May Need Work
In Nebraska, where state prisons are often at 140-percent capacity, the legislature is considering ...
“No Real Security”: TN Prison Tablet Rollout Cut Short as ViaPath Flees
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central ...
CO Passes Historic, Somewhat Unclear Bill Making Prison Visits a Right
Colorado is poised to become the first state to recognize prison visitation as a ...
The Case for the Prison Miniyard
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m ...
Outside “Remediation Manager” Will Run Rikers Island, Judge Rules
A federal judge has made a historic decision to take control of the Rikers ...
New York’s Solution to Prison Staffing Shortage Is to Hire Teenagers
I thought we learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment that college-age corrections officers are ...
