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 ...

    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 ...

    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 ...