It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…
Governors of New Jersey enjoy some of the most sweeping powers in the country. Not only can they conditionally veto…
On February 5, a group of protestors gathered outside the Philadelphia offices of William McSwain, the US Attorney General for the…
I gave birth to my elder daughter in Palm Beach County, Florida in 2014. She was delivered by paramedics after…
On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians gathered in an auditorium at New…
The activists and policymakers behind the criminal justice reforms just won in New York State can look next door, to…
On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when two police officers walked by.…
Filter's editor-in-chief, Will Godfrey, was interviewed for the April 3 episode of Narcotica—a podcast about drugs and the people who use…
Lack of access to methadone and burprenorphine, lifesaving opioid use disorder medications, for vulnerable incarcerated populations has long been a…
The seemingly inexorable nationwide movement to legalize marijuana has recently stalled in New Jersey and New York, at least partly…