Carla J. Simmons has been incarcerated in the state of Georgia since 2004. She has an associate degree in Positive Human Development and Social Change from Life University and is a member of the Justi
In my 20 years of incarceration, I’ve been strip-searched at least 500 times. Each was an act of humiliation and sexual violence
Policies and procedures enforced “for our own good” undermine our autonomy and agency, perpetuate power imbalances, and ignore the root causes of criminal behavior
The violence against oppressed people in both Gaza and U.S. prisons is a direct result of imperialism and the brutal policing
When I first heard about the coronavirus in early 2020, I braced myself, thinking about its unchecked spread and our vulnerability to disease behind bars. Four years later, as I remain incarcerated, I watch as the pandemic continues to damage our incarcerated community. Despite the false and damaging narrative from
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