Severe COVID-19 outbreaks threaten the lives of people incarcerated across Texas. Several jail and prison facilities in the state are…
At the end of June, New Orleans City Councilman Jason Williams was indicted on federal tax fraud charges. When Williams…
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ "Unity Task Force"—six committees set up to shape policies in an attempt to unite the…
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who use drugs into “therapeutic” courts. That…
The federal war on drug users would likely be brought to its knees with the passage of the Movement for…
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who use drugs is facing a court…
Prisons are nearly universally recognized as petri dishes for the coronavirus. In an attempt to slow the spread, some countries…
Stephen Wagstaffe, the district attorney of San Mateo County, California, said in 2014 that he has never made a decision…
How much good can vaping do in a carceral setting? Smoking rates in prisons and jails across the United States…
It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with a friend in June 2016 and…