Intersections + Injustice
Louisiana “Homelessness Court” Would Offer Treatment, Forced Labor
On April 28, a Louisiana Senate committee advanced a homelessness criminalization bill brightly titled ...
WA Adopts Immigrant Worker Protections, Pushing Back Against Feds
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson (D) has signed into law a new set of protections ...
Prison Can’t Be the New Nursing Home If It Isn’t Wheelchair-Accessible
Ralph*, one of the men incarcerated with me at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
The “Felony-Friendly” Job Lists Don’t Really Mean Anything
In 2020 when I was nearing the end of my 10-year prison sentence, I ...
Hopes of Shutting Rikers Grow Under Mamdani, as Deaths Continue
On March 25, 39-year-old Barry Cozart collapsed at Rikers, New York City’s notorious island ...
Illinois Bill Would Put Long-Acting OUD Meds in Prisons, Sort Of
Illinois lawmakers are considering a proposal to pilot long-acting injectable medication for opioid use ...
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 ...
