Lucia was previously Filter’s editorial fellow. She also worked to improve prison conditions as an intern with the ACLU’s National Prison Project. Her writing has appeared in publications including the South Side Weekly, OpenSecrets and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A landmark criminal justice reform bill in Illinois will not only end cash bail within the state, but overhaul its…
A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to an alternative form of incarceration: mandatory…
In July 2020, the federal government shocked activists and advocate by resurrecting the death penalty. After 17 years without federal…
Nothing short of a reparative approach to recreational cannabis policy in the District of Columbia will sufficiently address the harm…
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A coalition of over 60 harm reduction organizations is calling for the Biden administration to increase federal funding to harm…
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On January 5, the state of Georgia elected Rev. Raphael Warnock in one of two US Senate races that handed…