The County Attorney’s Office in Polk County (Des Moines), Iowa has gotten little attention from criminal justice reform advocates—at least…
On July 19, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $12 billion funding package to address homelessness—the largest single sum a…
President Joe Biden has announced his intention to appoint Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next US…
On June 23, 29-year-old Ray Breer walked through the gates of the Western Reception Diagnostic Correctional Center north of Kansas…
Saying the criminal-legal system is a system like saying a forest is a tree. There are over 2,000 local criminal…
After months of keeping participants in the dark, a Texas state-run program that covers the cost of lifesaving HIV medication for…
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, facing harsher punishments than their seronegative…
Millions of Americans are happy to finally be venturing out of their quarantine cocoons, emboldened by newly minted COVID-19 vaccine…
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I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice…