Tag: prison
I Know ID Verification Is Anti-Trans, But at Least Let Me File My Taxes
In the middle of the 13 years I spent incarcerated, there was a brief ...
Watching the Trump Trials in Prison, With Con Artists Cheering Him On
Our living unit at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee doesn’t have a communal ...
The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”
Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the ...
The Recipes I Use to De-Escalate Violence in Prison
In 2015 I was transferred to West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a prison with a ...
“Fifty Years Just Ain’t Enough”: Dying in Prison, and Still Denied Release
Donald Snook, 70, has 38 plants in his cell in Washington Corrections Center (WCC). ...
Cash Assistance for Prison Re-Entry Still Controversial, for Some Reason
On February 7, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee killed legislation that was almost guaranteed ...
As Prisons Shutter Classes and Mental Health Care, Drugs Fill the Gap
I first met David “Lucky” Kestner about 15 years ago, when we were both ...
The Tightrope of Talking About Mental Health in Prison
Dan*, a 40-something prisoner in Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), wants to make ...
He Fought Rockefeller Laws That Cost Him 10 Years. Now He Sells Cannabis.
I know the horrors of the failed War on Drugs,” Terrence Stevens said heavily. ...
If I Join a Church After Prison, How Much of My Past Is Safe to Disclose?
Last Sunday, I tried to work up the courage to go to church. I ...
