Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…
People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions by family members, law enforcement or…
Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…
All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…
New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are calling on the NYPD's inspector general…
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…
Surprising as it may sound, within the federal criminal justice system, judges tend to be the good guys—at least compared…
There is a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border," announced Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (above) in…
On the last weekend of March, hundreds of student activists from around the US and the world converged in Chicago…
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are "becoming an epidemic" and that the Chicago police should "do what…