Tag: prisons
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 ...
Multiple GA Prisoners Killed, During DOJ Visit to Investigate Violence
Over 18 months ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation into an ...
How Drug Courts Keep You in Prison, Even Without Drug-Related Charges
In 2016, Larry Vessey Jr. was sentenced to 58 months in the custody of ...
Our Prison Says We Have Suboxone Access. Prisoners Say Otherwise.
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the ...
As Fentanyl Spreads in Our Prison, Guards Learn How Not to Use Narcan
At Washington Corrections Center (WCC), in Shelton, WA, opioids are an increasingly large part ...
Ten Key Recommendations to Expand Hepatitis C Care in Prisons
All around the world, people in prisons are at high risk for contracting the ...
Beyond “Zero Tolerance”? Syringe Access in Canadian Prisons
In the outside world, if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that has harm ...
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 ...
