Tag: prisons
Georgia Senate to Study Prisons, Just in Case the Problem Isn’t Cell Phones
The Georgia Senate has contemplated the bloodbath unfolding inside its state prisons and concluded ...
A Wealth of Tobacco in Prison, and a Dearth of Ways We Can Smoke It
Within Georgia Department of Corrections facilities, the contraband tobacco industry is robust enough to support ...
A Prison Drug Recovery Unit Provides Refuge, If You’re Abstinent
At South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, those ...
The Imaginary Points We Earn in Prison, to Get Imaginary Parole
Unless they’re serving life, most parole hopefuls in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody ...
A Life and Death Sentence at Walla Walla, Recounted 50 Years Later
[Read Part 1 of this story here] For a few months in 2019, Don ...
As Parole Hopes Fade, Older Prisoners Struggle to Guide the Young
For a long time, corrections departments around the country maintained order—relatively speaking—through the informal ...
Prison Routines Have Fallen Apart, Leaving Old-Timers Adrift
Wesley*, 51, has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons for more ...
Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising ...
Smoking in Prisons Has Changed. Why Are We Denied Lung Cancer Screens?
A talking point often circulated in harm reduction is that the moment someone is ...
NYC Activists Rally as Rikers Receivership Decision Delayed
On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction ...
