Intersections + Injustice

We Need to Focus on Violence Against Women Who Use Drugs

Public attention to violence against women tends to surge in response to major events and movements, then recede just as…

August 12, 2026

Three Lifers on Why Prisons Need Re-Entry Support for the Prisoners Who Aren’t Coming Home

One of the most commonly cited statistics in corrections department promotional materials is the one about how 95 percent of…

August 5, 2026

Oregon Will Close Its Oldest Prison by Building Two, One for “Geriatric” Care

Aliza Kaplan spends most Wednesday nights inside Oregon State Penitentiary, the state’s only maximum-security institution. Kaplan, a law professor and…

August 3, 2026

The Communities We’ve Built in Prison

The informal, prisoner-led writing club at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee has a dozen or so members. Earlier in…

July 29, 2026

How Ontario’s Safer Supply Programs Impacted First Nations Peoples

In late 2024, Ontario had the most safer supply programs of any province in Canada. Then the provincial government banned…

July 27, 2026

New Public Dashboard for SF’s “Law Enforcement-Led” RESET Center

San Francisco’s controversial Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage (RESET) Center has a new public dashboard, the first data from…

July 21, 2026

Lockdowns Are a Dangerous Way for Prisons to Respond to Gang Violence

One morning in July we wake to rumors of being on lockdown, which happens at least once a month these…

July 16, 2026

“Sowing Fear”—The Legal Battle Over Masked ICE Agents

At 6:50 am on Tuesday, July 7, Houston resident Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was on the way to his work of…

July 15, 2026

BOP to Close Six Prisons, as Trump Pushes Agency Deeper Into Chaos

The federal Bureau of Prisons plans to permanently close six facilities, citing extreme understaffing and “decades of deferred maintenance." The…

July 6, 2026

Trial Tax: Long Prison Sentences as Punishment for Rejecting a Plea Deal

Twenty-five years ago, prosecutors offered T a deal: 15 years, with eligibility for parole after 12 years and nine months.…

June 24, 2026