Intersections + Injustice

Prison Policy Initiative Proposes Ways to Stop Jailing of People Who Use Drugs

Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…

May 6, 2019

Mass. Civil Commitment for Drug Issues Violates Rights, Say Attorneys

People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions by family members, law enforcement or…

May 2, 2019

British Police Are Raising Their Voices Against the Drug War

Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…

April 24, 2019

Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution

All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…

April 23, 2019

“Hotbed of Corruption”—NY Lawmakers Condemn Sex-Work Policing Amid Calls to Defund Vice Squad

New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are calling on the  NYPD's inspector general…

April 22, 2019

DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions

On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…

April 17, 2019

Don’t Overlook the Local Judges Who Stand in the Way of Decarceration

Surprising as it may sound, within the federal criminal justice system, judges tend to be the good guys—at least compared…

April 17, 2019

Trump Officials: Humanitarian Crisis at Mexican Border Distracts From Counter-Narcotics Ops

There is a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border," announced Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (above) in…

April 12, 2019

Beyond Legalization: Searching SSDP Conference Takes On Exclusion

On the last weekend of March, hundreds of student activists from around the US and the world converged in Chicago…

April 11, 2019

Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are "becoming an epidemic" and that the Chicago police should "do what…

April 10, 2019