Tag: prisons
Our Prison Is Used to Mental Illness. Taking Care of Our Own Was New.
In 20 years of incarceration across four different Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) ...
COVID Left Our Private Prison With a New Normal: “Rolling Lockdowns”
Like with so many prisons across the country, the pandemic sent Tennessee’s South Central ...
Prisoners Near Release Face a Choice: Not Getting Meds, or Not Going Home
[Read Part 1 of this story here] When prisoners with release dates enter the ...
Medical Privacy Is Still Our Right in Prison, Unless It Involves Psych Meds
Just before the pandemic hit, when my Washington Corrections Center (WCC) job assignment was ...
Making Phone Calls From Our Prison Costs Us More Than Just the Money
Thirty years ago, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners were only allowed one 15-minute ...
GA Escalation of Gang Prosecutions Boosts Gang Power in Prisons
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has been bolstering his “tough on crime” agenda by ...
WA Prisons Staffing Model Is Harmful. No Other States Use It. Why Keep It?
Around 30 years ago, Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) took an unusual approach ...
Allowing Vapes in Our Prison Would Be Violence Harm Reduction, Too
Washington state banned public smoking on December 8, 2005. The Washington State Department of ...
How Vaping Has Surged Among Prisoners in the UK
Prisoners in the United Kingdom spent close to £8 million on nicotine vapes in ...
Harm Reduction Overlooks Hep A and B. They Matter Here in Prison.
On May 7, UNAIDS called for prisoner access to harm reduction—medication for opioid use ...
