Intersections + Injustice

Vermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable CommissaryVermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable Commissary

Vermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable Commissary

Vermont legislators are reviewing a wide-ranging prison equity bill that, if enacted, would make the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC)…

April 21, 2025
Georgia’s Death Penalty Reform Bill Has an Odd View on Life SentencesGeorgia’s Death Penalty Reform Bill Has an Odd View on Life Sentences

Georgia’s Death Penalty Reform Bill Has an Odd View on Life Sentences

Georgia is on the brink of reforming its death penalty law for intellectually disabled defendants, a move being heralded as…

April 18, 2025
Florida May Soon Ban Anonymous Officer Misconduct ComplaintsFlorida May Soon Ban Anonymous Officer Misconduct Complaints

Florida May Soon Ban Anonymous Officer Misconduct Complaints

Under a proposed bill, Florida would no longer allow officer misconduct complaints to be filed anonymously—requiring that they be signed…

April 16, 2025
A Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths for NowA Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths for Now

A Eulogy for Prison Wakes, Which There Are Too Many Deaths for Now

We used to hold funerals in the prison chapel. There was a sheet-covered table with a dais in front of…

April 14, 2025
Prison Visits Should Have Always Been a Right, Not a PrivilegePrison Visits Should Have Always Been a Right, Not a Privilege

Prison Visits Should Have Always Been a Right, Not a Privilege

Adam* has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities for somewhere around 40 years. His wife Ruth* has…

April 10, 2025
UK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts ViolenceUK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts Violence

UK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts Violence

Drug-related law enforcement is more likely to increase violence than reduce it, indicates a report commissioned by the government of…

April 9, 2025
Amid DOGE Cuts Elsewhere, the DEA Is Actively RecruitingAmid DOGE Cuts Elsewhere, the DEA Is Actively Recruiting

Amid DOGE Cuts Elsewhere, the DEA Is Actively Recruiting

At a time when agencies across the federal government are seeing massive spending and workforce cuts under the Trump administration,…

April 8, 2025
CoreCivic Crisis in Uncharted Waters at the Four Private Prisons in TennesseeCoreCivic Crisis in Uncharted Waters at the Four Private Prisons in Tennessee

CoreCivic Crisis in Uncharted Waters at the Four Private Prisons in Tennessee

Private prison contractors have been around for a long time, but the concept of handing over management of an entire…

April 3, 2025
Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado StudyRefelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and accomplished nothing good. That’s the result…

April 3, 2025
What Jobs Are Prison Correctional Industries Training Us For, Exactly?What Jobs Are Prison Correctional Industries Training Us For, Exactly?

What Jobs Are Prison Correctional Industries Training Us For, Exactly?

At every Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prison I’ve ever landed in without a work detail already assigned to me,…

April 2, 2025