Buying a Home Is Hard. Doing It While Incarcerated Is Nearly Impossible. Serving out a sentence in a Washington state prison, I was certain I’d never own a home. When my wife and I started the process, we found out just how difficult it would be. Christopher Blackwell
Let’s Bring Back ‘Prison Warehousing’ Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, “prison warehousing”—which used to be a derogatory term—would look like an upgrade. At least warehouses care about the value of the goods they store. Nick Hacheney, Tomas Keen
Illinois Prison Water Contaminated with Bacteria That Causes Legionnaires’ Disease Corrections officials confirmed finding legionella at five facilities over the past 12 months. Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
The Pandemic Isn’t Over Inside Prisons—and It Might Never Be A cycle of hopelessness is taking its toll in prisons across the country, amid continued restrictions on the things that make life more bearable. Christopher Blackwell
