criminal injustice

California County Eyes Mandatory Drug Treatment Bill

A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to an alternative form of incarceration: mandatory…

February 24, 2021

In Texas Prisons, Horror Stories Emerge From Catastrophic Blackout

As a winter storm battered Texas, 4.5 million people lost power. A humanitarian crisis mounted across the state, as residents…

February 23, 2021

The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty in the US

In July 2020, the federal government shocked activists and advocate by resurrecting the death penalty. After 17 years without federal…

February 22, 2021

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 life-threatening conditions on February 6 by…

February 10, 2021

Why Didn’t Rochester’s New Mental Health Crisis Team Prevent Latest Police Brutality?

An incident of police brutality in Rochester, New York, calls into question reforms the city has put in place to…

February 9, 2021

The Kind Man Who Used to Sell Me Heroin

In popular culture, people who sell drugs are stereotyped as remorseless monsters, like the loathsome Mikey Forrester from the book…

February 4, 2021

NY Ends “Walking While Trans” Ban Targeting Women of Color

Transgender and criminal justice reform activists won a major victory as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation passed that…

February 2, 2021

Which Manhattan DA Candidates Stand Out on Drugs?

After the December 2020 exit of a progressive candidate with a bold drug policy reform platform from the Manhattan district…

February 2, 2021

Illinois Set to Become the First State to Eliminate Cash Bail

Illinois will make history by becoming the first US state to end cash bail. Instead, judges must impose the least…

February 1, 2021

Biden Ending Federal Contracts With Private Prisons; Private ICE Detention Continues

On January 26, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions focused on racial equity. Among four orders issued,…

January 28, 2021