Colorado is poised to become the first state to recognize prison visitation as a right, rather than a privilege. Though…
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m currently incarcerated, they almost always remark…
[This article describes deaths by suicide, including reference to a method of suicide.] Asked if they ever think about…
I thought we learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment that college-age corrections officers are not a good idea. But it…
South Central Correctional Facility recently hosted a job fair, and didn’t invite anyone to attend it. There were no flyers,…
In the Department of Justice report summarizing its years-long investigations into the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), it noted that…
On April 25 the Department of Justice renounced its previous support for a trans woman suing the Georgia Department of…
If you didn’t already have a bank account before you were incarcerated, it’s almost impossible to open one while you…
We used to hold funerals in the prison chapel. There was a sheet-covered table with a dais in front of…
Private prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of handing over management of an entire…