Intersections + Injustice
“There’s More Accidents”: Disabled Prisoners Struggle Amid Understaffing
John, 41, has been incarcerated in the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) system for ...
San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction
A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, ...
As CT Erases Cannabis Convictions, Will People Fall Through the Cracks?
On January 1, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (D) announced on Twitter that his administration ...
Drastic Commissary Price Hikes Leave Prisoners Without Food, Medicine
Nationwide, prisoners and their loved ones are reeling from exorbitant commissary price hikes that ...
São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”
Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout ...
Recollections of Solitary Confinement During the HIV Epidemic
I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992, just after I’d turned 18. I’d been ...
Illinois Law to End Cash Bail, Blocked at Last Minute, Now Hangs on Appeal
Just hours before a law to end cash bail in Illinois was due to ...
The Limits of AG’s Guidelines Against Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity
US Attorney General Merrick Garland took action on December 16 to end the federal ...
How Drugs Grew in Our Prison Flower Beds for Over a Decade
[Read Part 1 of this story here.] Charlie was someone you’d expect to be ...
The Gardener Who Grew Our Health Care in Prison
For most of his time in Georgia Department of Corrections custody, Charlie was assigned ...
