Tag: criminal injustice
Portland Changes “Nuisance Property” Code, a Crackdown on Motel Sex Work
Emi Koyama is the founder of Seattle-based Coalition for Rights & Safety for People ...
Louisiana Advances Bill to Jail People Who Use Marijuana Near Campuses
A Louisiana Senate committee has approved a House-passed bill that threatens to send people to jail ...
Lifers Fall Through the Cracks of the Prison Security Classification System
The Georgia Department of Corrections assigns every person in its custody a security classification: ...
New Threats of Prison and Caning: Singapore’s “Totalitarian” Vape Ban
New legislation in Singapore will strengthen the country’s vape prohibition with threats of long ...
Fair Future Act Takes Aim at Housing Discrimination Over Drug Convictions
Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a bill that would repeal a decades-old federal statute ...
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 ...
Cut New Marijuana Penalties From Sales Bill, Coalition Urges VA Senate
A coalition of 37 cannabis and civil rights organizations is urging Virginia senators to ...
DULF Challenge: Health Canada Official Flounders on the Stand
A senior Canadian bureaucrat struggled on the witness stand to reconcile past statements by ...
CO Renews Most of Its Historic Push to Reduce Harms of Faulty Drug Tests
In June 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed a bill that established a ...
