Toward the end of my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody I was a clerk in the Central…
When I began my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons over 30 years ago, bunk beds shoved into…
Corrections officers (COs) have long relied on prisoners to do various parts of their jobs. But since the onset of…
On September 19, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation that would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin…
On September 17, a federal judge halted the Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) ban on gender-affirming surgery for people in…
When I first heard the words “tobacco harm reduction,” as recently as 2022, I was a little surprised. What is…
My name is Tavaria, but people call me Varia, T, Mama T or Queen. Ten years ago, I founded Be…
When you enter the men's prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like shirts and two matching pairs of…
In February, Georgia lawmakers created a study committee to think about whether people in the state's prison system, at least…
As a transgender woman incarcerated in a men’s prison system, each day was a fight to maintain my sense of…