The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) has released a report on sentencing for contraband violations in federal prisons between 2019…
Back before the COVID-19 pandemic when the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) still had corrections officers, the first shift would…
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released new guidance for making medications for opioid use disorder…
In Nebraska, where state prisons are often at 140-percent capacity, the legislature is considering a bill pertaining to “double-bunking,” AKA…
Recently one of our prison’s library clerks, Polo*, remarked in passing that the Georgia Department of Corrections prison system was…
Harm reduction efforts outside prison often involve lawyers and other experts identifying policy that is weak from more than one…
One of the most important things to understand about the rampant understaffing in United States prisons is that it is…
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central Correctional Facility, where I'm currently incarcerated,…
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…