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When Prisons Ban Visitors With Felony Records, Everybody Loses

On August 29, 2020—a date I had been counting down to for 10 years—I walked out of South Central Correctional…

February 19, 2026

“One Word: Inevitable”—Tobacco Harm Reduction’s Heavy Hitter

Few spaces are as hostile as the tobacco harm reduction (THR) policy debate. Lawmakers, media, ideologically-driven researchers, nonprofits and public…

February 19, 2026

Audit: Widespread Failures in Federal Prisons’ Use of Halfway House System

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not only continuing to incarcerate people past the point when they should have…

February 18, 2026

Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible

Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public…

February 18, 2026

New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See”

Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot project. SB 195 was proposed February…

February 17, 2026

Already Killing People, ICE to Scale Up With Warehouse Detention

“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t breathe. The moments leading up to…

February 17, 2026

After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral

On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral…

February 13, 2026

In Vancouver’s DTES, Harm Reduction Moves Forward Without Decrim

In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of cooked pasta and some surplus vegetables…

February 12, 2026

Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting

A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a step described as “essential” by President…

February 12, 2026

The False Promises of TRICOR, Tennessee’s Prison Jobs Initiative

For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs…

February 11, 2026