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 ...
“One Word: Inevitable”—Tobacco Harm Reduction’s Heavy Hitter
Few spaces are as hostile as the tobacco harm reduction (THR) policy debate. Lawmakers, ...
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 ...
Documents Show BC Knew Safe-Supply Diversion Was Negligible
Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” ...
New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See”
Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot ...
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 ...
In Vancouver’s DTES, Harm Reduction Moves Forward Without Decrim
In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of ...
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 ...
