Intersections + Injustice
Medicaid in Five States Will Cover MOUD for Prisoners Nearing Release
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) more than doubled the ...
Reactions to the Supreme Court Ruling Against People Who Sleep Outside
On June 28, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it’s not illegal for ...
“Gifted”: When HIV Was a Death Sentence, and Worth It to Get Housing
In the early 1990s, there was a joke people would make about HIV transmission. ...
Grants Pass Homelessness Case, and the Line Between Shelter and Prison
In 2013, the City Council of Grants Pass, Oregon, was looking for a solution ...
“Preventable Security Lapses”—Gun Violence Comes to Georgia Prisons
At around 4 am on June 16, Smith State Prison became the site of ...
CA Mandates Extreme Heat Workplace Safety, Except in Forced Labor Camps
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the ...
Decades After It Set Meth Sentencing by Purity, USSC Surveys the Damage
Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are ...
“Let’s Go After This Whole Thing”—DULF Challenges Criminal Charges
Vancouver’s drug-user rights movement is bracing for what could be yet another long legal ...
As Waupun Correctional Staff Arrested for Abuse, Lockdown Drags On
After Dean Hoffman was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution in April 2023, his daughter ...
Prison Call Center Jobs Pay Minimum Wage, Which for Us Seems to Be $1.30
I work at a prison call center. My job is to read from a ...
