Intersections + Injustice

    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 ...

    WA Prisons Still Using Drug Test Kits at Center of False-Positives Lawsuit

    Sabastian Johnson had been unsuccessfully trying to get copies of a legal document related ...

    St. Louis Jail Now Tracking Overdoses, Still Blocking Oversight Board

    A St. Louis city jail is reportedly now tracking overdoses among incarcerated people, after ...

    The Nightmare of Prison Suicide Watch, Where Watching Is All We Do

    Imagine looking through a window into a room at someone who’s been forcibly taken ...

    How I Was Forced to Go Through Testosterone Withdrawal

    When I moved to Italy for school in August 2022, I brought a three-month ...

    The Right to Consensual Sex—and Condoms—in Prison

    Greg* has been incarcerated in Tennessee for about 18 months. He’s been on a ...