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…
In October 2024, the Department of Justice published the long-awaited findings of its investigation(s) into violence inside Georgia Department of…
In many United States prisons, corrections officers aren't the ones calling the shots. Gang-affiliated prisoners are, and essentially have free…
On March 9, someone made a rare escape from a Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) probation detention center. He was…
In the wake of a Department of Justice investigation that confirmed conditions in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons are…
Colorado legislators have proposed a working group to study the use of colorimetric drug tests within the criminal-legal system, and…
In 2020, Bill* was awaiting trial in a northern Georgia county jail when he asked his lawyer about getting into…
Georgia senators have proposed legislation that would prohibit the state prison system from providing medically necessary gender-affirming treatment to people…
The weekly limit of coffee I can order from the prison commissary is enough for about two days, so for…