Intersections + Injustice
New Jersey Bill Could Belatedly Release One in Five People From Prison
On July 30, the New Jersey state Senate voted in favor of a bill ...
What’s Behind Felony Charges for Three Nonviolent Protesters in Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City is a world apart from the rest of Utah culturally and ...
The Political Fight to Avoid an Evictions Catastrophe
The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal ...
MD Judge: Cops Can’t Search You Because They Smell Weed
Merely claiming to smell cannabis on a suspect is no longer enough for Maryland ...
New Orleans’ Nightmare Prosecutor Steps Down. Who’s Next?
In prosecutor accountability circles, the name Leon Cannizzaro carries almost mystical significance. Cannizzaro, the ...
ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime
Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of ...
British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose
On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of ...
Housing First and the Homelessness Crisis: What Went Wrong?
“The homeless crisis interested me,” says Mary Duffy of the time before she herself ...
Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...
A Unanimous Decision From St. Louis Lawmakers to Close Its Notorious Jail
The fate of the most notorious jail in St. Louis is nearly sealed. On July ...
