I'm sure that after reading the true purpose of prisons (which is not about deterring crime) and about their dehumanizing and cruel...

I had the privilege of interviewing Ryan Flaco about his experiences in prison. Ryan Flaco is a current UCSB student, majoring in...

Some people might have difficulty feeling empathy for prisoners which is normal because society teaches us to fear and view prisoners as...

In this post, I discuss how prison conditions and environmental injustice in prisons impact the health of the incarcerated population....

Imagine a healthy and vibrant community. Most likely, you will envision a neighborhood with plenty of green spaces. Everyone appears...

The United States is anything but "united" as it has the highest incarceration rate in the world. In fact, this rate is five times higher...

Having covered environmental injustice and prisons in the US, in this blog post I analyze how they relate to one another. When people...

In order to understand how environmental injustice relates to the prison system, it is important to reach the root: why and how mass...