Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout started the Oakland-based nonprofit For The…
Chicago City Council will soon vote on a controversial ordinance to use civil asset forfeiture against people with convictions believed…
Since 2018, I have been incarcerated in a maximum security unit of Michigan’s Baraga Correctional Facility. It's an isolated location…
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A kid dying of an opioid-involved overdose is a tragedy. Thankfully, it is comparatively rare, if increasing, according to an…
The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a big deal in US public safety debates. Cofounded by Reagan CIA Director…
Washington State activists have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties for simple drug possession and direct…
A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained that “at least four legislators are…
Federal prosecutors in New York charged four men on February 2 in connection with the accidental overdose death of actor…
After taking office in 2011, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen helped lead his jurisdiction to prosecute 177 minors…