Tag: COVID-19
Our Outdated Washington Prison Leaves Us Vulnerable to Climate and COVID
The Washington State Reformatory (WSR), where I’ve been incarcerated for the past three years, ...
Detainees at St. Louis City Jail Rise Up to Protest Inhumane Treatment
Dozens of people incarcerated at St. Louis City Justice Center (CJC) protested inhumane and ...
Homeless NYC Residents Grill Mayoral Candidates on Housing Crisis
The race is on to become the next leader of New York City, with ...
“They Want to Do Me In”: The Prisoner Who Fought COVID Overcrowding
In May, as COVID-19 loomed over incarcerated people across the country, Ivan Von Staich ...
Brooklyn Federal Prison Denying Communication Rights in Pandemic
The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has a ...
Biden Has a COVID Plan, But Won’t Learn Deeper Health Care Lessons
Donald Trump, the corrupt, narcissistic demagogue, has left the Whitehouse in the midst of ...
Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”
A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based ...
Detained Immigrants Face Retaliation Over COVID Hunger Strike
A group of immigrants under federal detention have reportedly been holding a hunger strike. ...
DEA Agents Report Agency’s Lack of Basic COVID-19 Safety Measures
From homeless encampment sweeps to mass incarceration, law enforcement activities are heightening the COVID-19 ...
Blueberries, Xanny Bars, Clazzys: My Anxiety-Driven Benzo Journey
I have been doing Valium since the age of 16. They were called “blueberries” ...
