criminal injustice

New Orleans’ Nightmare Prosecutor Steps Down. Who’s Next?

In prosecutor accountability circles, the name Leon Cannizzaro carries almost mystical significance. Cannizzaro, the district attorney of Orleans Parish (New…

July 28, 2020

ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime

Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus behind bars bear no…

July 27, 2020

British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose

On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of Bill 22, a proposed amendment to…

July 27, 2020

Californian Cannabis Tax Revenues Are Used to Boost Police Budgets

How are tax revenues from legal marijuana being spent in California, the nation’s largest state? To a large degree, they…

July 23, 2020

A Unanimous Decision From St. Louis Lawmakers to Close Its Notorious Jail

The fate of the most notorious jail in St. Louis is nearly sealed. On July 17, all 28 members of the…

July 22, 2020

The Drug War’s “Science-Based” Training on “Dopers and Parasites”

A federally funded training program for law enforcement and other students offers a course titled Science-Based Drug Education (SBDE). Leaked…

July 21, 2020

PANDA: The Birth of a Pan-American Drug-User Alliance

You can draw interwoven lines of suffering right down through the Americas. British Columbia, Canada has announced 175 illicit-drug overdose…

July 20, 2020

State Attorney Aramis Ayala Releases Her “Bad Cops” List

State Attorney Aramis Ayala, the progressive top prosecutor of Orange County, Florida, has released her office’s list of ethically compromised…

July 16, 2020

Why Are Black Arrest Rates for Marijuana Rising in Los Angeles?

Although California legalized marijuana over two years ago, racial disparities in arrests for the drug are worsening in its largest…

July 16, 2020

Gasping for Justice: People Jailed in the Pandemic Refuse to Be Silenced

What do you do if you want the voices of incarcerated people at the Prince George’s County jail in Maryland…

July 16, 2020