When I first returned to writing in prison, I didn’t have the luxury of long stretches of time or quiet spaces. Writing had to be done in scraps—on my bunk or in a noisy common room. I turned to a stream-of-consciousness style out of necessity; it let me get words down before the noise, or the guards, or another inmate’s needs interrupted them.

Our analysis of prison rules and sanctions across all fifty states and the federal system — as well as accounts of incarcerated people — reveal troubling trends in how the carceral system punishes people for a physiological process they have no control over.

by Miriam Vishniac and Emily Widra, Nov

This is a press release from the Georgia Department of Corrections

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