Tag: prisons
New York Poised to Significantly Restrict Use of Solitary Confinement
New York is on the verge of significantly restricting its use of solitary confinement ...
Will Connecticut Be the First State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free?
Connecticut holds the dismal distinction of being the state with the most expensive prison ...
“Extreme and Detrimental”—Texas Prisons’ Crackdown on Greeting Cards
When LaToyia Walker was sent to Texas Lockhart Correctional Facility in 2017, her grandmother ...
In Texas Prisons, Horror Stories Emerge From Catastrophic Blackout
As a winter storm battered Texas, 4.5 million people lost power. A humanitarian crisis ...
The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty in the US
In July 2020, the federal government shocked activists and advocate by resurrecting the death ...
Our Outdated Washington Prison Leaves Us Vulnerable to Climate and COVID
The Washington State Reformatory (WSR), where I’ve been incarcerated for the past three years, ...
Detainees at St. Louis City Jail Rise Up to Protest Inhumane Treatment
Dozens of people incarcerated at St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) protested inhumane and ...
“They Want to Do Me In”: The Prisoner Who Fought COVID Overcrowding
In May, as COVID-19 loomed over incarcerated people across the country, Ivan Von Staich ...
As Trans Women Incarcerated in Georgia, Our Medical Needs Are Brutally Ignored
Across the country, transgender people held within the prison-industrial complex face a litany of ...
DEA Agents Report Agency’s Lack of Basic COVID-19 Safety Measures
From homeless encampment sweeps to mass incarceration, law enforcement activities are heightening the COVID-19 ...
