Intersections + Injustice

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

“It’s Authoritarian”—Harm Reduction Under San Francisco’s Backlash

Harm reduction is under attack in San Francisco. Mayor Daniel Lurie (D), the Board of Supervisors and even the San…

June 16, 2026

AI Chatbots Bring Unexpected Business Boom to Jailhouse Lawyers

Most people in prison can’t afford a lawyer, so if they want to get back in court they need to…

June 15, 2026

Supreme Court Blocks Alabama Bid to Proceed With Banned Nitrogen Execution

On June 11 the Supreme Court received, and subsequently rejected, a request from the state of Alabama to proceed with…

June 12, 2026