Intersections + Injustice
When Prisons Ban Visitors With Felony Records, Everybody Loses
On August 29, 2020—a date I had been counting down to for 10 years—I ...
Audit: Widespread Failures in Federal Prisons’ Use of Halfway House System
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not only continuing to incarcerate people past ...
Already Killing People, ICE to Scale Up With Warehouse Detention
“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t ...
After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled ...
Mexico’s Vape Prohibition Is Already Biting
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a ...
The False Promises of TRICOR, Tennessee’s Prison Jobs Initiative
For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional ...
How to Dispose of the Environmental Argument Against Vapes?
One of the many controversies around vaping nicotine is the impact on the enviroment—particularly ...
“Survival Mode” Amid Trump’s Health Care and Harm Reduction Cuts
The Trump administration continues to wage war on programs that keep people who use ...
HHS Unveils “STREETS” Initiative, Ramping Up Coerced Drug Treatment
At a sumptuous resort just outside Washington, DC, on February 2 for “Prevention Day,” ...
Feds Seek Public Comment on Meth Sentencing, Untouched for Decades
The United States Sentencing Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the ...
