Intersections + Injustice
For Black and Brown Communities, the Overdose Crisis Is Still Escalating
This International Overdose Awareness Day, VOCAL-US state chapters—VOCAL-NY, VOCAL-TX and VOCAL-KY—are taking direct action ...
Police Shootings in Rural Areas Are Common, But Much Less Visible
Ask the average news consumer to think of “police shooting” and the names most ...
Veterans in Prison, Cut Off From Support, Try to Make It on Their Own
C*, a 39-year-old Army veteran, struggled to adjust to daily life after coming home ...
The Casualties of the “Passive Drug Exposure” Myth
In early August, 11 New York State corrections officers (COs) were at the scene ...
Harm Reduction Community’s Diverse Efforts to Raise DULF Defense Funds
Since Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) cofounders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were charged ...
Good Thing No One Uses Drugs in Prison, or RSAT Might Not Work
Because his conviction involved alcohol, the case plan Alf* was assigned by the Georgia ...
Sex Workers Are “Trafficking Victims” Until Cops Don’t Want Them to Be
I started sex work in my early teens. Older boys in the foster care ...
OK Prisons Privatize Mail, as “Digital Processing Centers” Expand Drug War
Beginning September 1, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) will no longer deliver physical ...
When the Prison Grievance Process Is Worth the Risk
For nearly three decades, I’ve been hearing people scream for help. Screams of people ...
To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read
The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, ...
