Intersections + Injustice

When the Prison Grievance Process Is Worth the Risk

For nearly three decades, I've been hearing people scream for help. Screams of people being raped, robbed, stabbed. Screams of…

August 5, 2024

To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read

The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, consists of a single wall of…

August 1, 2024

“Brutalized by Policy”—Advocates Condemn Newsom’s CA Encampments Crackdown

California has begun massive raids against encampments of unhoused people, under a July 25 executive order from Governor Gavin Newsom…

July 31, 2024

Mental Health Hospitalization in Italy Was an Improvement on the States

In-patient mental health care is regrettably often carceral to some degree. Any system built on forcing care upon a person…

July 30, 2024

“Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next

On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison in Tennessee, gave notice that 128…

July 29, 2024

Could International Human Rights Mechanisms Take Down Vape Bans?

Could international human rights mechanisms be successfully used to contest government-imposed bans and restrictions on nicotine vapes and other safer…

July 29, 2024

Anti-Nicotine Hiring Policies Exacerbate Inequalities

"It's part of a demonization campaign," Michelle Minton told the audience, "but it's also part of an anti-compassion campaign." Minton,…

July 26, 2024

“Soups Will Cook There”: How Prisons Became Heat Traps by Design

Before the days of modern air-conditioning, homes and businesses in the Southeastern United States were built with 10- to 14-foot…

July 24, 2024

Family Demands Justice for D’Vontaye Mitchell, Killed in Milwaukee

D’Vontaye Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man, died after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards at the Hyatt Regency…

July 24, 2024

I Know ID Verification Is Anti-Trans, But at Least Let Me File My Taxes

In the middle of the 13 years I spent incarcerated, there was a brief period in 2018 that I was…

July 23, 2024