Intersections + Injustice
TN Prisons Don’t Expedite Early Release. What If It’s an Emergency?
Douglas Richmond’s case for early release from prison is relatively straightforward. He’s served six ...
New Jersey Governor Issues Pardons for Dozens of Drug-War Convictions
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) has announced pardons for dozens of people with ...
Years Pass in a County Jail, Asking for Public Defenders Who Never Answer
In the three years and two months that Pareshkumer Desai has been detained pretrial, ...
In Final Meeting, GA Prisons Senate Committee Votes for the Status Quo
Brought into existence to tell us whether Georgia’s notoriously unsafe prison system is unsafe, ...
After Biden Clemency Action for Drug Convictions, Most People Want More
As President Joe Biden announces a new round of pardons and commutations—including several for ...
Time for a Concerted Push to Get Vapes in All Prisons
Tobacco harm reduction in the United States, like most other harm reduction, tends to ...
Pharmacists’ Opioid Decisions: From “Social Sorting” to Policing
[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview ...
How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing
Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a ...
VA Woman Could Face Lifetime in Prison for Mushroom, Cannabis Sales
A woman in Louisa County, Virginia, faces a sentence of up to 160 years ...
VA Funds MDMA Study to Treat Veterans’ PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is sponsoring historic research to treat ...
