After correctional officers strike, New York prison population faces uncertainty

After correctional officers strike, New York prison population faces uncertainty

To be imprisoned is to wait for freedom or death. Aside from these climactic moments of release, there is so much more that the imprisoned must wait for. We wait for commissary and packages; we wait for chow; we wait for programs; we wait for visits; we wait for mail; we wait for an opportunity to use the phone. We wait. I arrived at Elmira Correctional Facility in November 2023 after a five-month stint in the box. I was shackled to Kevin—who ca…

If you don't pay your penalty, you often get behind bars, but that's problematic from a cost point of view alone.