In 2008, Betsie Gallardo, a 24-year-old Florida woman, was sentenced to five years in prison for spitting on a police…
To understand the hell we call Rikers Island, there’s no one better to ask than Mary Buser. Her stunning, award-winning…
On March 6, 14 prosecutors from across the country urged New York State's leadership to pursue a complete overhaul of…
On a main city street in Auckland, New Zealand last month, two women staged a protest against police inaction over…
Two incredibly powerful prosecutors, sworn enemies, live in the same small Southern capital of Jackson, Mississippi—a state which has a…
In 2001, Portugal was experiencing an opioid-involved overdose crisis, similar to the one gripping the United States. The country used…
Incarcerated people are subjected to pervasive surveillance. Filter recently reported on the private correctional communications company Telmate, which uses biometric analysis to…
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing story about the impact of zero-tolerance…
Even as bloody drug wars rage in many countries, executions for drug offenses are on the wane worldwide. Still, thousands…
Across the street from the headquarters of the New York Police Department, dozens of organizers, joined by politicians and supporters,…