Tag: mass incarceration
What Jobs Are Prison Correctional Industries Training Us For, Exactly?
At every Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prison I’ve ever landed in without a ...
GA Prisons Padlock Our Cells. Will We Die in a Fire? Let’s Ask a Lockpicker.
In October 2024, the Department of Justice published the long-awaited findings of its investigation(s) ...
Gang-Run Prisons Compound Trauma. We Know How to Reduce It.
In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren’t the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated ...
Escaping From Prison Is Easier Than You’d Think. We Just Know Better.
On March 9, someone made a rare escape from a Georgia Department of Corrections ...
All the New Guards Hired to Improve Security Are Making Prison Less Safe
In the wake of a Department of Justice investigation that confirmed conditions in Georgia ...
“We Haven’t Seen the Worst Yet”—Private Prisons Relish Trump Deportations Plan
Immigration was a dominant theme of President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on March ...
Georgia Moves to Ban All Transgender Health Care in State Prisons
Georgia senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the state prison system from providing ...
Profits and Violence in the Prison Commissary Resale Market
The weekly limit of coffee I can order from the prison commissary is enough ...
Another Death in NYC Jail, as Mayor Adams Plans to Send in ICE
The New York City jails crisis is spiraling; a 34th person is now reported ...
“Additional Meals” in Prison Seems to Mean “Even Less Food Than Before”
It used to be that Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners worked five days ...
