Tag: prison
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 ...
As a Trans Woman, Sex Offender Laws Make Re-Entry a Test I’m Meant to Fail
[Read Part 1 of this story here.] For the first 30 minutes of the ...
Leaving Prison After 13 Years, and the Preparations I Made to Get Here
On September 13, I got up at 4 am and took a shower. I ...
