criminal injustice

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 working group focused on the impact…

January 22, 2026

The Sex Offender Registry Isn’t Meant for Public Safety. Just Public Shaming.

It happened on an ordinary afternoon; the kind of day when sunlight falls softly on the house, when nothing feels…

December 17, 2025

Prisoners Sue Aramark, Contractor for Both Kitchen Service and Commissary

Commissary vendors, which provide the food and hygiene items sold to incarcerated people at a markup, have for years reaped…

December 3, 2025

DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins

As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience…

November 25, 2025

“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge

“DULF’s pilot project worked,” a Supreme Court of British Columbia judge stated on November 7, referring to the compassion club…

November 10, 2025

Drug Testing Defeats the Purpose of “Second Chance” Hiring

Opening employment opportunities to people with prior convictions, often called “second chance hiring,” can be an economically savvy way for…

October 22, 2025

First Public Database of CA Police Officer Misconduct Records Unveiled

Seven years in the making, a searchable database of California law enforcement misconduct and use-of-force reports is now available to…

August 5, 2025

Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear

As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which Governor Brian Kemp (R) initially proposed…

August 4, 2025

Drug-User Groups Fight BC Recriminalization in Court

Groups representing people who use drugs had their days in court from July 21-23, seeking to overturn a federal government…

July 29, 2025

“Infantile” UK Plan Would Fine People Who Vape at Bus Stops

People who vape at outdoor bus stops in the United Kingdom could soon be fined up to £100, under a…

July 28, 2025