The federal Bureau of Prisons plans to permanently close six facilities, citing extreme understaffing and “decades of deferred maintenance." The…
Twenty-five years ago, prosecutors offered T a deal: 15 years, with eligibility for parole after 12 years and nine months.…
Harm reduction is under attack in San Francisco. Mayor Daniel Lurie (D), the Board of Supervisors and even the San…
Most people in prison can’t afford a lawyer, so if they want to get back in court they need to…
On June 11 the Supreme Court received, and subsequently rejected, a request from the state of Alabama to proceed with…
On June 5 right-wing think tank the Cicero Institute held its first-ever homelessness policy summit, a Washington, DC, event promoting…
Georgia’s public defender shortage was recently of interest to the media when it affected the prosecution of Robert Aaron Long,…
In 1734, New York Weekly Journal publisher John Peter Zenger was arrested for seditious libel because the publication was critical…
Across the United States, a tide is turning. It is becoming clear that widespread legal access to psychedelic medicines will…
Louisiana, one of only two states that distributes opioid settlement funding directly to law enforcement, is now trying to bring…