A prisoner at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, a state prison once deemed among the worst for sexual misconduct in the nation, has pledged to go on another hunger strike if the Mississippi Department of Corrections fails to investigate his allegations that a guard inappropriately touched him during a pat down. The status of Garnett
Like many Americans, Santia Nance plans to celebrate Christmas with her loved ones. Doing so will be more challenging for Nance: Her fiancé is incarcerated in a Virginia prison and she said it’s been more difficult to visit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nance, a co-founder of Sistas in Prison Reform, which advocates for
Lawmakers in a handful of states have begun taking aim at transgender people in prison with extreme measures that seek to infringe on the rights of an especially vulnerable segment of the population. Over the past two years, elected officials have proposed a variety of mechanisms designed to suppress transgender existence behind bars. The bills
Terry Grassaree was dogged for years by questions about how he did his job as a law enforcement officer in Macon, Miss., a tiny, rural town near the state’s eastern border. There were allegations of rape inside the jail that Mr. Grassaree supervised, and lawsuits claiming that he covered up the episodes. At least five
CHAPTER 1 The Predator and the Prey In June of 2019, Danielle Sivels was living in Texas when she was arrested on an out-of-state warrant for probation violations stemming from a 2015 hit-and-run. Danielle, 34 at the time, battled mental illness, addiction, and grew up in and out of the foster care system surviving family