Tag: private prisons

    Everyone in Prison Needs a Hustle. For a Small Fee, I’ll Help You Find Yours.

    When you enter the men’s prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like ...

    “Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next

    On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison ...

    CoreCivic Manages Our Prison, and Tries Not to Manage Our Medical Care

    Five years ago, abdominal pain drove James to the infirmary at South Central Correctional ...

    TN Private Prisons Quietly Transfer Us, This Time Without Saying Why

    In 2016, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center—the largest ...

    When You Need to Go to a Hospital, and Private Prison Says You Don’t

    Let’s say you’re incarcerated and have a heart condition. You’re supposed to be see ...

    The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”

    Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the ...