In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising number of lawsuits prisoners were filing…
A talking point often circulated in harm reduction is that the moment someone is released from incarceration, their risk of…
On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction in contempt of court, as Gothamist…
The room I rent in a Georgia boarding house for people on the sex offender registry costs $800 per month.…
Sabastian Johnson had been unsuccessfully trying to get copies of a legal document related to his case into Washington Corrections…
I am thankful that on my 33rd Thanksgiving in prison, I’ll be allowed an early shower. Thankful to have gotten…
Imagine looking through a window into a room at someone who’s been forcibly taken from their home, stripped naked and…
I got my first tattoo at 15, a Grim Reaper profile with the scythe arcing over its head. My father…
Greg* has been incarcerated in Tennessee for about 18 months. He’s been on a waiting list for job placement for…
In the mid-'90s at Washington State Penitentiary, a corrections officer (CO) and I had been yelling at each other for…