Tag: prisons
How Prison and Parole Can Pull You Into a Debt Trap
In her late 20s, Laura* sold an eighth of Vitablend to a person who ...
Why Allowing Only Prison-Issue Cell Phones Hurts Our Reentry Prospects
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is no longer allowing prisoners on work release ...
Tobacco Bans in Our Prisons Are Rich Pickings for Me—and the COs
The first time the Georgia Department of Corrections tried to go tobacco-free was 1994. ...
One Drug Dominates Our Prison’s Supply. We Don’t Know What It Is.
During the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance ...
CO Fentanyl Bill Would Fund—But Not Require—MOUD in County Jails
On April 13, the Colorado House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to re-impose felony ...
How Exactly Are Tablets Supposed to Solve Georgia’s Prisons Crisis?
On January 19, Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Timothy Ward deflected questions from the ...
Georgia Prisons Are in Crisis—and Punishing Trans Women for It
The Georgia Department of Corrections is in freefall. By the time the US Department ...
Pressure on Massachusetts to Ban Building of New Jails and Prisons
Families of incarcerated people are pressuring Massachusetts state lawmakers to pass a bill to ...
WA Prisons Expanded Gradual Reentry. COVID Is an Excuse to Block Us.
In 2018, the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) implemented a Graduated Reentry (GRE) ...
Prisoner Who Sued for Access to OUD Meds Is in Solitary as “Retaliation”
The man at the center of a pivotal legal battle over access to methadone ...
