Intersections + Injustice
“They Just Dropped Me”—When Drug-Related Stigma Replaces Pain Care
When Phillip lost motor control on one side of his body, I had only ...
“A Shared Dread”: Immigrant Prisoners Near Release, Knowing ICE Is Waiting
Fourteen years ago, Mateo* was in a Tennessee county jail waiting to be processed ...
SF Mayor Scraps Plan to Add 1,500 Shelter Beds, a Key Campaign Promise
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) has reneged on a key campaign promise to ...
For Wrongful Convictions, Tennessee Slowly Builds a Pathway Out of Prison
In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, ...
“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Detention Opens, Floods, and Begins Filling Beds
On July 1, President Donald Trump visited the Florida immigrant detention compound dubbed “Alligator ...
FCC Begins Quietly Backing Off From Phone Call Price Caps in Prisons, Jails
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has temporarily waived the deadline for correctional telecommunications providers ...
Prisons Need Their Own Post Offices, Not That We’ll Ever Get Them
Back before the COVID-19 pandemic when the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) still had ...
SF Mayor Wants to Use Permanent-Housing Funds for Shelter Beds
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie (D) wants to take millions of dollars from a ...
It Shouldn’t Be Quite This Hard to Get Into Our Prison’s Library
Recently one of our prison’s library clerks, Polo*, remarked in passing that the Georgia ...
In Tennessee, a Dwindling Group of People Can Vote While Still in Prison
Tennessee, where I’ve been incarcerated for the past three decades, is notorious for felony ...
