Intersections + Injustice
Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?
Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United ...
Prison Suicide Watch Was Once a Staff Job. “Inmate Observers” Are Cheaper.
[Read Part 1 of this story here] Up until 2019, monitoring the people in ...
Jair Bolsonaro, Enemy of Books, Now in Brazil’s Prison Reading Program
In 2020, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro criticized grade-school didactic books for having “too much ...
With Suicide Watch Full, Prisoners Now Kept in Makeshift Cells
A decade ago when I transferred to South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security Tennessee ...
Portland Jail-Deflection Participants Who “Fail” Will Soon Face Prosecution
It’s been 18 months since the rollback of Measure 110, Oregon’s landmark bill decriminalizing ...
Primary Care “Opioid Risk Scores” Poorly Predict Individual OD Risk
In 2019, Epic—the company behind the MyChart health care software used by over 190 ...
Lack of Public Bathrooms Makes Cities More Hostile
Back in February, a woman shared a tale of urban woe on social media. ...
IMF Publishes Call for Risk-Proportionate Nicotine Taxation
The International Monetary Fund has published a call for risk-proportionate taxation of nicotine products—in ...
Georgia Lawmakers’ “Number-One Priority” is Literacy, Except in Prisons
Georgia legislators say they’re going all-in to improve literacy rates. On March 10 the ...
Methadone Clinics to Blame for Unacceptable Drop-Out Rates
Given what the methadone clinic system subjects them to, is it really a surprise ...
