Why Private Prisons Are at the Center of a Pennsylvania Prosecutor Race
The involvement of for-profit in managing jails and prisons in one Pennsylvania county could ...
Marijuana Justice and Trump: Inside a DA Election in Rural Pennsylvania
Law enforcement in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a sprawling rural-to-suburban county and the home of ...
Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms
More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to ...
Fentanyl Panic and Halloween Sadism Myths: A Ghoulish Combination
Frankenstein’s monster had nothing on this: A New Jersey beach town prosecutor’s office has ...
Bernie Sanders’ Plan to Expunge Millions of Cannabis Convictions Faster
Has Bernie Sanders been reading Filter? Last week we asked how far all the ...
Activists, Cuomo in “Full-Out War” Over Poor People’s MAT Access
Drug-user activists are fighting to ensure access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for some of ...
A TSA Officer Sexually Assaulted Me: Know Your Rights
The first person I interviewed for this story—days before I knew I would write ...
Filter Is Taking the “Free Methadone” Message to a Recovery Crowd
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior ...
The Ecuadorian Fishermen Snatched Away by US Drug Warriors
After a flood wiped out Bexy Guerrero Salmiento’s home in 2013, her husband disappeared. ...
Oklahoma Prosecutor “Launched Malicious Probes Against Criminal Justice Reformers”
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater stands accused of firing his investigator for refusing ...
