Intersections + Injustice
Call It “Overcrowding,” Not “Understaffing,” and Fix It With Parole
In 1996, the Prison Litigation Reform Act was enacted in response to the rising ...
Supreme Court Case Will Profoundly Impact Homelessness in 2024
Future experiences of homelessness in the United States will depend significantly on a Supreme ...
The Tightrope of Talking About Mental Health in Prison
Dan*, a 40-something prisoner in Tennessee’s South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), wants to make ...
New Jersey Set to Create Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
A New Jersey bill would create non-police emergency response teams in cities, enabling social ...
Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Continuum of Consent
Circumstantial sex workers often do sex work for a period of time to get ...
Organ Transplants: Why People Who Use Drugs Rarely Get Them
The perception is widespread: If you have a history of drug use, your chances ...
Smoking in Prisons Has Changed. Why Are We Denied Lung Cancer Screens?
A talking point often circulated in harm reduction is that the moment someone is ...
NYC Activists Rally as Rikers Receivership Decision Delayed
On December 14, a federal judge held the New York City Department of Correction ...
“Split Sentences” and the Right to Housing
The room I rent in a Georgia boarding house for people on the sex ...
Pregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family Apart
In the endless hallway of the NICU, nurses shuffled from door to door. Yellow-toned ...
