Intersections + Injustice

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 started repeatedly bugging Tennessee Department of…

April 15, 2026

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 jail complex. He’d been held on…

April 15, 2026

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 disorder (MOUD) within the state prison…

April 14, 2026

Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?

Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United States to offer aversion therapy for…

April 7, 2026

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 the suicide watch cells at South…

April 6, 2026

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 written in them.” Apparently the Left,…

April 2, 2026

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 prison privately operated by CoreCivic, there…

April 1, 2026

Portland Jail-Deflection Participants Who “Fail” Will Soon Face Prosecution

It’s been 18 months since the rollback of Measure 110, Oregon’s landmark bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of…

March 26, 2026

Primary Care “Opioid Risk Scores” Poorly Predict Individual OD Risk

In 2019, Epic—the company behind the MyChart health care software used by over 190 million patients—developed an exciting new feature:…

March 26, 2026

Lack of Public Bathrooms Makes Cities More Hostile

Back in February, a woman shared a tale of urban woe on social media. She wrote that her husband had…

March 24, 2026