Tag: prisons
GA Prisons to Get “Additional Meals,” a Bad Fix for the Wrong Problem
On May 7, Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed a $36.1 billion spending plan for ...
WA Prisons to Ban Greeting Cards and Postcards, Presuming Synthetic Drugs
The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) will ban people in its custody from ...
How We Still Find Joy After Decades in Prison
After nearly 30 years in prison, I still find moments of joy and happiness. ...
CoreCivic Manages Our Prison, and Tries Not to Manage Our Medical Care
Five years ago, abdominal pain drove James to the infirmary at South Central Correctional ...
The Lifers Trapped in Georgia’s Parole Crisis Are Watching Senate Bill 586
About a decade ago, people serving life with parole in Georgia Department of Corrections ...
TN Private Prisons Quietly Transfer Us, This Time Without Saying Why
In 2016, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center—the largest ...
When You Need to Go to a Hospital, and Private Prison Says You Don’t
Let’s say you’re incarcerated and have a heart condition. You’re supposed to be see ...
GA Prisoners Tortured in the Showers, as DOJ Ponders Whether It’s Safe Here
On February 27, two men were held down in the shower room of a ...
If Suicidal Prisoners Should “Ask for Help,” Stop Taking Away Our Phones
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline posters showed up around 2018, when the outside world ...
As a Prison Fills With Wheelchairs and Walkers, an Eldercare Collective Forms
From our table in the prison day room at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
