Tag: prison
“In the Dark”—the Wait for Another Unexplained Parole Denial
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles consists of five people who report ...
The Lonely Work of HIV Harm Reduction in Prison
Many people living with HIV who pass through Washington Corrections Center (WCC) tell me ...
Harm Reduction for the Syringes We Make in Prison
Harm reduction supplies are hard to come by in prison. In some facilities, people ...
Remembering Albert Woodfox, Who Fought to Free Me From Death Row
On March 1, Maurice Hastings was officially declared innocent after spending 38 years in ...
An Act of Resistance: The True Meanings of Prison Tattoos
The true measure of how a prison treats its prisoners can be found in ...
How I Quit Cigarettes in Prison, After Smoking for 40 Years
I’m coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day I stopped smoking cigarettes. ...
A Team of Prison Braille Transcribers Works, in a System That Doesn’t
In the Georgia Braille Transcribers (GBT) shop within Central State Prison, a sign informs ...
Among Georgia Prison Leadership, a Deepening War On Transparency
After four years at the helm of the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), Timothy ...
“There’s More Accidents”: Disabled Prisoners Struggle Amid Understaffing
John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for ...
Drastic Commissary Price Hikes Leave Prisoners Without Food, Medicine
Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that ...
