Intersections + Injustice
Parole Violations Didn’t Always Mean Prison. They Sent Us Somewhere Else.
Ben* is about to parole out of Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody. His ...
In Rural Areas, People Who Use Drugs Face Particularly Severe Housing Crisis
Compared to the media spotlight on urban homelessness and drug use, rural areas have ...
In Texas Prisons, Digital Mail Further Isolates Those in Solitary Confinement
Kwaneta Harris was cleaning her cell when she came across a manilla envelope filled ...
TN Prisons Don’t Expedite Early Release. What If It’s an Emergency?
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six ...
New Jersey Governor Issues Pardons for Dozens of Drug-War Convictions
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) has announced pardons for dozens of people with ...
Years Pass in a County Jail, Asking for Public Defenders Who Never Answer
In the three years and two months that Pareshkumer Desai has been detained pretrial, ...
In Final Meeting, GA Prisons Senate Committee Votes for the Status Quo
Brought into existence to tell us whether Georgia’s notoriously unsafe prison system is unsafe, ...
After Biden Clemency Action for Drug Convictions, Most People Want More
As President Joe Biden announces a new round of pardons and commutations—including several for ...
Time for a Concerted Push to Get Vapes in All Prisons
Tobacco harm reduction in the United States, like most other harm reduction, tends to ...
Pharmacists’ Opioid Decisions: From “Social Sorting” to Policing
[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview ...
