Tag: parole
The Lifers Trapped in Georgia’s Parole Crisis Are Watching Senate Bill 586
About a decade ago, people serving life with parole in Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Georgia Senate to Study Prisons, Just in Case the Problem Isn’t Cell Phones
The Georgia Senate has contemplated the bloodbath unfolding inside its state prisons and concluded ...
The Imaginary Points We Earn in Prison, to Get Imaginary Parole
Unless they’re serving life, most parole hopefuls in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody ...
As Parole Hopes Fade, Older Prisoners Struggle to Guide the Young
For a long time, corrections departments around the country maintained order—relatively speaking—through the informal ...
Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising ...
“Split Sentences” and the Right to Housing
The room I rent in a Georgia boarding house for people on the sex ...
Not Everyone Chooses the “Sober Dating” Life. Some of Us Are on Parole.
Many people who are in recovery have noted that the culture of modern dating ...
Do These Sex Offender Employment Restrictions Make Sense to Anyone?
In the month since I was released from Georgia Department of Corrections custody, I’ve ...
Trying to Make Friends as an Adult, After an Adult Life Spent in Prison
The other day I was in Walmart when a little girl, maybe 8 or ...
Trans Health Care, Medicaid and the Shortfalls of Prison Re-Entry Services
For about three weeks, I’d been communicating smoothly with the clinic where I’m scheduled ...
