Tag: prisons
In Brazil, New Era of Private Prisons as Feds Auction Contracts to Build Them
On October 6 in Rio Grande do Sul, the government of Brazil held the ...
Texas’s “Drug-Busting” Prisons Lockdown Will Only Harm Us
From September 6 to October 16, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) implemented ...
Do These Sex Offender Employment Restrictions Make Sense to Anyone?
In the month since I was released from Georgia Department of Corrections custody, I’ve ...
Selling Meth Sent Him to Prison. It Also Saved His Life.
Louis Bell was a type of person we typically didn’t encounter in our Tennessee ...
The Drug-User Cliques in Our Prison, and the People Left Using Alone
The drug supply in our prison has a lot of variety. Tobacco; marijuana; a ...
In WA Prisons, Cultural Groups Build Community. DOC Wants to Erase Us.
Incarceration in the United States has long been used to strip cultural identities from ...
WA Prisons Clear All Guards to Carry Narcan. Not All Intend to Do So.
Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) staff are now permitted to carry Narcan while ...
Amid the Trauma of Prison, an Unexpected Oasis: Crochet Club
Travis learned to crochet from his grandmother. He was 10 when she showed him ...
Trans Health Care, Medicaid and the Shortfalls of Prison Re-Entry Services
For about three weeks, I’d been communicating smoothly with the clinic where I’m scheduled ...
Re-Entry Isn’t the Same as Recovery, No Matter What SAMHSA Thinks
A decade ago, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration determined that having ...
