Tag: prisons
FCC Proposes Revised, Higher Price Caps for Prison and Jail Phone Calls
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a revision of its historic regulations lowering ...
National Guard Sent to “Fight” Gangs in Memphis—But Gangs Run Tennessee’s Prisons
Any moment now, an unknown number of Tennessee National Guard troops are expected to ...
The Sex Offender Registry Shouldn’t Mean We’re Unwelcome at Church
In the Bible Belt, there’s basically a church on every corner—especially here in Nashville. ...
Battle Over Prison Phone Call Costs Heads to Court, FCC Teases New Vote
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing for an October vote that the agency ...
Corrections Departments Winning Imaginary Fight Against “K2 Exposure”
In 2021, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department published body-cam footage of a deputy ...
Inevitably, FCC Moves to Let Prisons Use Illegal Cell Phone Signal Jammers
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is about to formally consider allowing corrections departments to ...
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 ...
