prisons

What Decades in Prison Have Taught Me About Resisting Incarceration

In 2006, the prison where I was being housed routinely served a breakfast that included worms in the oatmeal, and…

August 27, 2025

With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

[Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) approved a budget increase of…

August 25, 2025

“Cornhusker Clink”: Nebraska Prisons to Open ICE Detention Center

Nebraska will become the third state to operate a detention center on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), converting…

August 20, 2025

The Mental Health Impact of a Prison’s Short-Lived, Off-Book Yoga Class

Buggs*, about 20 years into a life sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, has built his self-preservation routine…

August 19, 2025

The Return of the Prison Poker Game

The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way things were done here, the way…

August 12, 2025

Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear

As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which Governor Brian Kemp (R) initially proposed…

August 4, 2025

Harm Reduction for Prison Tattoos

The stakes for tattoo aftercare are higher in prison than in the free world. If your ink fades, the artist…

July 28, 2025

NY Makes Prison Phone Calls Free, Via Direct Negotiations With Securus

Beginning August 1, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) will make phone calls free for…

July 24, 2025

If Prisons Are Meant for Rehabilitation, Stop Transferring Us All the Time

Decades ago when he first entered Georgia Department of Corrections custody, D* used to look forward to transfers. Prisoners with…

July 21, 2025

“A Shared Dread”: Immigrant Prisoners Near Release, Knowing ICE Is Waiting

Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed into the prison system when he…

July 11, 2025