Author: Sierra Dickey

Tiff Harrington, a former Vermont DOC inmate, is now advocating for incarcerated women after spending 15 years in prison. She experienced the systemic problems at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, prompting her to speak out against the proposal for a new women’s prison in Vermont. Harrington questions the need for more beds and worries that the same issues will persist in a new facility. Across the U.S., states are proposing new women’s prisons without addressing the root issues of mass incarceration. While legislators see new prisons as solutions, activists like Harrington argue for alternatives to incarceration. In Massachusetts, grassroots organizations like…