Intersections + Injustice
Trying to Make Friends as an Adult, After an Adult Life Spent in Prison
The other day I was in Walmart when a little girl, maybe 8 or ...
New York City Has Days to Agree On Plan to Combat Rikers Abuses
A federal judge is demanding that New York City take rapid action over conditions ...
In WA Prisons, Cultural Groups Build Community. DOC Wants to Erase Us.
Incarceration in the United States has long been used to strip cultural identities from ...
WA Prisons Clear All Guards to Carry Narcan. Not All Intend to Do So.
Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) staff are now permitted to carry Narcan while ...
How to Unite the Psychedelic and Harm Reduction Movements?
“Who here is a drug user?” asked Maurice Byrd, co-director of the Harm Reduction ...
Trans Health Care, Medicaid and the Shortfalls of Prison Re-Entry Services
For about three weeks, I’d been communicating smoothly with the clinic where I’m scheduled ...
As a Trans Woman, Sex Offender Laws Make Re-Entry a Test I’m Meant to Fail
[Read Part 1 of this story here.] For the first 30 minutes of the ...
Leaving Prison After 13 Years, and the Preparations I Made to Get Here
On September 13, I got up at 4 am and took a shower. I ...
St. Louis Shelters Plan Would Circumvent NIMBY Opposition
St. Louis, Missouri, is advancing a plan to get more shelters built for unhoused ...
Youth Suicide Prevention and Zero-Tolerance School Policies
A phone call from an old friend saved my life. When he asked if ...
