Tag: prisons
Lifers Fall Through the Cracks of the Prison Security Classification System
The Georgia Department of Corrections assigns every person in its custody a security classification: ...
Prison Can’t Be the New Nursing Home If It Isn’t Wheelchair-Accessible
Ralph*, one of the men incarcerated with me at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
The “Felony-Friendly” Job Lists Don’t Really Mean Anything
In 2020 when I was nearing the end of my 10-year prison sentence, I ...
Illinois Bill Would Put Long-Acting OUD Meds in Prisons, Sort Of
Illinois lawmakers are considering a proposal to pilot long-acting injectable medication for opioid use ...
White House Budget: No Funds for Housing, Some for Reopening Alcatraz
President Donald Trump has released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which outlines ...
Prison Suicide Watch Was Once a Staff Job. “Inmate Observers” Are Cheaper.
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Up until 2019, monitoring the people in ...
Jair Bolsonaro, Enemy of Books, Now in Brazil’s Prison Reading Program
In 2020, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro criticized grade-school didactic books for having “too much ...
With Suicide Watch Full, Prisoners Now Kept in Makeshift Cells
A decade ago when I transferred to South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security Tennessee ...
Georgia Lawmakers’ “Number-One Priority” is Literacy, Except in Prisons
Georgia legislators say they’re going all-in to improve literacy rates. On March 10 the ...
How Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Are Already Playing Out in Prison
Through my three decades of incarceration in Tennessee, I’ve seen attitudes toward LGBTQ+ prisoners ...
