Before the days of modern air-conditioning, homes and businesses in the Southeastern United States were built with 10- to 14-foot…
[Part 1 and Part 2 of this story were published earlier in July.] Back in 2004, right before tobacco was…
At age 18, Frank De Palma entered Nevada Department of Corrections custody on a 10-year sentence for a nonviolent felony.…
[Read Part 1 of this story here] When I got off the chain bus at Washington State Penitentiary (Walla Walla)…
When I first entered Washington State Department of Corrections custody in 1995, the currency was still cigarettes. In any cashless…
In 2013, the City Council of Grants Pass, Oregon, was looking for a solution to homelessness that didn't involve providing…
At around 4 am on June 16, Smith State Prison became the site of the only fatal shooting in recent…
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the state’s first regulation protecting indoor workers…
After Dean Hoffman was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution in April 2023, his daughter noticed a difference right away. Somehow…
I work at prison call center. My job is to read from a script about various kinds of debt relief,…