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The Communities We’ve Built in Prison

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By Tony D Vick
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The informal, prisoner-led writing club at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee has a dozen or so members. Earlier in 2026 we were huddled around a table discussing that week’s reading when 78-year-old Dave rolled up in his wheelchair. “Y’all know how to write,” he said. “So can you help me write to my daughter?” It turned out that Dave, incarcerated for the past 40-plus years, had never learned to read or write.
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Trial Tax: Long Prison Sentences as Punishment for Rejecting a Plea Deal

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By Tony D Vick
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Twenty-five years ago, prosecutors offered T a deal: 15 years, with eligibility for parole after 12 years and nine months. He chose to go to trial, and was sentenced to life. “I just couldn’t bring myself to plead to something I didn’t do,” he told Filter. “[But] if I had known how unjust the justice system was, I may have sucked it up and took the deal.” People who oppose decarceration will often say that sentences need to be served in full, otherwise victims don’t get justice.
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AI Chatbots Bring Unexpected Business Boom to Jailhouse Lawyers

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By Tony D Vick
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Most people in prison can’t afford a lawyer, so if they want to get back in court they need to do the legal work themselves. Pro se work like this is often done with the assistance of a fellow prisoner who’s learned how to draft and file legal motions, i.e. a jailhouse lawyer. There’s always been demand for jailhouse lawyers. But in 2026, those in South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee are being flooded with requests like never before.
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