Intersections + Injustice

Racial Disparities Widen Despite Historic-Low NYC Drug Arrests in Lockdown

New York City drug arrests hit historic lows in the weeks after Governor Andrew Cuomo initiated the state's "shelter-in-place" policy…

May 6, 2020

SSDP Conference: Ending Mass Incarceration Takes More Than Drug Policy Reform

What are the drivers of mass incarceration? It’s a complicated question, with racism and classism central to the answers. The…

May 6, 2020

Incarcerated People in Maryland Face Death If We Don’t Act Now

“I am afraid of getting coronavirus. It’s psyching me out a lot, I start to get panicky and think I…

May 6, 2020

Running for Office as a Prison Abolitionist in Deep-Red Indiana

Fort Wayne, a gateway to the American West that started out as a significant trade port along the Erie Canal,…

May 5, 2020

“Disturbing”—Cannabis Policing Meets Social Distancing Enforcement

On May 2, photos of New Yorkers congregating in some of the most affluent neighborhoods and parks in the city…

May 5, 2020

“A Load Off Your Chest”—Criminal Record Expungement During the Pandemic

While the coronavirus continues to disrupt American life, activists around the country are not forgetting about the millions of people…

May 4, 2020

Two Prominent COVID-19 Federal Prison Deaths’ Common Denominator? Joe Biden

"Don’t let yourself or your property get mixed up in the world of illegal drugs," US Attorney Ron Parsons of…

May 1, 2020

In a Prison Where Coronavirus Is Rife, Waiting on a Judge’s Call to Be Freed

James Dzelajlija is currently living in Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution. Following two armed robbery convictions, he received a 17-year sentence…

April 30, 2020

Emails Reveal Massachusetts Civil Commitment Staff Pathologizing Protest

Massachusetts has a civil commitment process on its books for people with substance use disorders who are deemed dangerous to…

April 28, 2020

Prosecutors’ Lack of Empathy for Jailed People Now Could Cost Them Later

In 2019, Deb Ryan became the first woman and first Democrat to be District Attorney, or chief prosecutor, in Chester…

April 27, 2020