Tag: mass incarceration
Georgia Probation Is an Alternative to Something, But Not Jail
[Part 1 and Part 2 of this series were published in October] Just about ...
Enough With the Sex Offender Registry
Law enforcement has done a good job of portraying recidivism as a kind of ...
DOJ Investigation Found Horrors in Georgia Prisons. It Missed a Lot, Too.
Four years after the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division opened an investigation into ...
Some Thoughts on Dying in Prison
Over the course of my nearly 30 years in Tennessee Department of Correction custody, ...
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 ...
