Tag: mass incarceration
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 ...
South Dakota Considers Defelonizing Drug Ingestion
South Dakota might change a drug law that makes it an outlier in the ...
Waiting for Tennessee to Reform Its Felony Murder Rule
The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of ...
TN Prisons Don’t Expedite Early Release. What If It’s an Emergency?
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six ...
