Intersections + Injustice

The Lifers Trapped in Georgia’s Parole Crisis Are Watching Senate Bill 586

About a decade ago, people serving life with parole in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons began to realize we…

April 25, 2024

NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy

Jane* didn’t think much about the Sam’s Club salad she’d eaten days before she was to give birth in March…

April 18, 2024

A Close Look at Denial of Pain Meds to People Who Use Drugs

For people who use drugs, accessing prescription pain medication when needed can be a severe challenge. A new paper digs…

April 18, 2024

TN Private Prisons Quietly Transfer Us, This Time Without Saying Why

In 2016, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center—the largest of the state's 14 prisons, and…

April 17, 2024

Psychedelic Community Divided Over Upcoming Conference in Israel

At a psychedelics conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, this July, attendees are due to hear talks on topics including “Psychedelics,…

April 15, 2024

NY County Sued for Illegally Denying Person OUD Meds in Jail

A lawsuit accuses a New York county jail of repeatedly denying a man held there his medication for opioid use…

April 12, 2024

End Discriminatory Marijuana Testing of Trucking Industry Workers

Tens of thousands of workers are leaving the commercial trucking industry because the federal government refuses to update its antiquated…

April 11, 2024

When You Need to Go to a Hospital, and Private Prison Says You Don’t

Let’s say you’re incarcerated and have a heart condition. You’re supposed to be see a cardiologist every six months, but…

April 10, 2024

FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.

Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first responder to fentanyl, if it results…

April 10, 2024

GA Prisoners Tortured in the Showers, as DOJ Ponders Whether It’s Safe Here

On February 27, two men were held down in the shower room of a Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prison…

April 8, 2024