Tag: mass incarceration
“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 ...
Medicaid in Five States Will Cover MOUD for Prisoners Nearing Release
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) more than doubled the ...
“Preventable Security Lapses”—Gun Violence Comes to Georgia Prisons
At around 4 am on June 16, Smith State Prison became the site of ...
CA Mandates Extreme Heat Workplace Safety, Except in Forced Labor Camps
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the ...
Decades After It Set Meth Sentencing by Purity, USSC Surveys the Damage
Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are ...
As Waupun Correctional Staff Arrested for Abuse, Lockdown Drags On
After Dean Hoffman was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution in April 2023, his daughter ...
Prison Call Center Jobs Pay Minimum Wage, Which for Us Seems to Be $1.30
I work at a prison call center. My job is to read from a ...
Wellpath, Fleeing GA Prisons Contract, Fails One Last Bid at Extortion
On July 1, three years into its nine-year contract, private health care provider Wellpath ...
