Tag: prisons
Recollections of Solitary Confinement During the HIV Epidemic
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been ...
Surviving Solitary Confinement With the Help of Drugs
Of the 13 years I’ve spent incarcerated, 2020 was the worst. It was the ...
Prison “K2”: The Hidden Center of a Chaotic New Drug War
Back when I was running with biker gangs, we used to play a game ...
Four States Close Prison Slavery Loopholes; Louisiana Votes Against
Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont have closed loopholes in their state constitutions that had ...
New York’s Infamous Rikers Island Could Become a Green Energy Hub
After New York City officials voted to permanently close the infamous Rikers Island jail ...
“The Great Meltdown”: In Prisons, a Drug War Without Harm Reduction
Those of us incarcerated by the Georgia Department of Corrections got used to the ...
How Prison and Parole Can Pull You Into a Debt Trap
In her late 20s, Laura* sold an eighth of Vitablend to a person who ...
Why Allowing Only Prison-Issue Cell Phones Hurts Our Reentry Prospects
The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) is no longer allowing prisoners on work release ...
Tobacco Bans in Our Prisons Are Rich Pickings for Me—and the COs
The first time the Georgia Department of Corrections tried to go tobacco-free was 1994. ...
One Drug Dominates Our Prison’s Supply. We Don’t Know What It Is.
During the pandemic, the Michigan Department of Corrections suspended all Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, “substance ...
