Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…
What is considered a “normal” punishment is culture—it’s where you live. In 18 states, overwhelmingly in the South, a teacher…
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…
Nearly 13 months since the first coronavirus relief bill was signed and nearly three months since the inauguration of a…
He thought it was a clap of thunder as it echoed through the humid air between the river and mountains…
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world last year, governments executed far fewer people for drug convictions than they did…
The United Kingdom is moving forward with its plan to impose harsher punishments on people who use GHB—a chemical naturally…
[This story is published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news site covering New York state and…
New York is on the verge of significantly restricting its use of solitary confinement in prisons and jails. The state…
Connecticut holds the dismal distinction of being the state with the most expensive prison phone calls in the country. But…