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 ...

    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 ...