Around 30 years ago, Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) took an unusual approach to the way it allocated staff…
Washington state banned public smoking on December 8, 2005. The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC), however, had been preparing…
Prisoners in the United Kingdom spent close to £8 million on nicotine vapes in the 2021-22 financial year, according to…
On May 7, UNAIDS called for prisoner access to harm reduction—medication for opioid use disorder, sterile syringes and condoms—to reduce…
Over 18 months ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation into an unprecedented rise in prisoner homicides within…
In 2016, Larry Vessey Jr. was sentenced to 58 months in the custody of Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC).…
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC)…
At Washington Corrections Center (WCC), in Shelton, WA, opioids are an increasingly large part of the drug supply. But though…
All around the world, people in prisons are at high risk for contracting the hepatitis C virus (HCV). But for…
In the outside world, if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that has harm reduction services, you might have access…