Tag: prisons

    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 ...

    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) ...

    If Prisons Are Meant for Rehabilitation, Stop Transferring Us All the Time

    Decades ago when he first entered Georgia Department of Corrections custody, D* used to ...

    “A Shared Dread”: Immigrant Prisoners Near Release, Knowing ICE Is Waiting

    Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed ...

    For Wrongful Convictions, Tennessee Slowly Builds a Pathway Out of Prison

    In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, ...

    FCC Begins Quietly Backing Off From Phone Call Price Caps in Prisons, Jails

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has temporarily waived the deadline for correctional telecommunications providers ...