Tag: prisons
Many Prisoners Take the GED Test. It’s Hard to Get a Job in Here Without It.
In 2022, Tennessee amended its state constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as ...
The Barriers to Learning to Read in Prison
About 20 years ago, a man I was incarcerated with asked me to help ...
What Decades in Prison Have Taught Me About Resisting Incarceration
In 2006, the prison where I was being housed routinely served a breakfast that ...
With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling
[Read Part 1 of this story here] In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp ...
“Cornhusker Clink”: Nebraska Prisons to Open ICE Detention Center
Nebraska will become the third state to operate a detention center on behalf of ...
The Mental Health Impact of a Prison’s Short-Lived, Off-Book Yoga Class
Buggs*, about 20 years into a life sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) ...
The Return of the Prison Poker Game
The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way ...
Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear
As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which ...
Harm Reduction for Prison Tattoos
The stakes for tattoo aftercare are higher in prison than in the free world. ...
NY Makes Prison Phone Calls Free, Via Direct Negotiations With Securus
Beginning August 1, the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) ...
