Tag: prisons
Feds Share Prison Contraband Data They May Not Have Thought Through
The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) has released a report on sentencing for contraband ...
Prisons Need Their Own Post Offices, Not That We’ll Ever Get Them
Back before the COVID-19 pandemic when the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) still had ...
SAMHSA’s Guide for MOUD in State Prisons Kinda Forgot About Something
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released new guidance for ...
Nebraska’s Fix for Double-Bunking in Solitary Confinement May Need Work
In Nebraska, where state prisons are often at 140-percent capacity, the legislature is considering ...
It Shouldn’t Be Quite This Hard to Get Into Our Prison’s Library
Recently one of our prison’s library clerks, Polo*, remarked in passing that the Georgia ...
To Bring Tobacco Harm Reduction to Prisons, We Need Outside Allies
Harm reduction efforts outside prison often involve lawyers and other experts identifying policy that ...
Prisons Want to Hire More Officers. It’s Easier Than Retaining Them.
One of the most important things to understand about the rampant understaffing in United ...
“No Real Security”: TN Prison Tablet Rollout Cut Short as ViaPath Flees
The Tennessee Department of Correction began rolling out tablets in late 2024. South Central ...
CO Passes Historic, Somewhat Unclear Bill Making Prison Visits a Right
Colorado is poised to become the first state to recognize prison visitation as a ...
The Case for the Prison Miniyard
Whenever auditors come to South Central Correctional Facility, the Tennessee private prison where I’m ...
