Intersections + Injustice
When You Need to Go to a Hospital, and Private Prison Says You Don’t
Let’s say you’re incarcerated and have a heart condition. You’re supposed to be see ...
FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.
Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first ...
GA Prisoners Tortured in the Showers, as DOJ Ponders Whether It’s Safe Here
On February 27, two men were held down in the shower room of a ...
The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”
Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the ...
The Recipes I Use to De-Escalate Violence in Prison
In 2015 I was transferred to West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a prison with a ...
New Hampshire Is Weighing Harsher Fentanyl Punishments
New Hampshire is weighing a series of bills that would increase punishments for fentanyl-related ...
Confirmed Executions for Drug Convictions Surge to New Global High
In July 2016, three Nigerians and one Indonesian were ferried to Nusa Kambangan, known ...
If Suicidal Prisoners Should “Ask for Help,” Stop Taking Away Our Phones
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline posters showed up around 2018, when the outside world ...
Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to ...
As a Prison Fills With Wheelchairs and Walkers, an Eldercare Collective Forms
From our table in the prison day room at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
