Tag: prisons
Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary
Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at ...
FCC Moves Forward With Prison Cell Phone Signal-Jamming
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving right along in its bid to cut ...
The Georgia Parole Board Pardoned a Turkey
Each year when the president did the White House turkey pardons it always seemed ...
Some Prisons Have Quietly Stopped Giving Us Winter Clothes
After issuing prisoners the same lined winter jackets since 1991, last winter the Georgia ...
Tennessee Is Prosecuting Prison Violence, and Making It a Lot Worse
It used to be that if someone in the custody of the Tennessee Department ...
Not All Prisoners Get Fed Daily. Here, It Depends on How Fast You Can Run.
In three decades of incarceration I’ve seen many things that are a far cry ...
Georgia Prisons Raise Commissary Prices to Breaking Point
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has surprised those of us in its custody ...
FCC Raises Prison and Jail Phone Call Pricing—Higher Than It Said It Would
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved its proposal to nearly double the prices ...
Prison Contraband Drone Drops Are Becoming a Problem for Local Jails
Drones are such a popular method of bringing contraband into Georgia’s prisons that they’re ...
Maine, Where Prisoners Cast Absentee Ballots, May Soon Require ID to Vote
On November 4, Maine voters will decide whether the state will begin requiring residents ...
