criminal injustice

Arrested While “Panicking on Meth”—An Hour Later, He Was Dead

Alex Billmeyer was panicking when police swarmed a house in Dubuque, Iowa on May 26, yelling that people were shooting…

June 18, 2019

NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions

On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys are continuing to prosecute "low-level" marijuana…

June 11, 2019

Probation Officers Should Never Direct Medical Care for People With OUD

The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Senate…

June 6, 2019

“Spit-and-Acquit” Embodies a Californian DA’s Dystopia

Here’s a good formula for dystopia: a ”spit-and-acquit” program to create a genetic surveillance system in return for non-prosecution of…

June 4, 2019

Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?

When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go into withdrawal—an often-painful condition with symptoms…

June 4, 2019

Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias

Every person in prison is a policy failure," is a common phrase in abolitionist circles. But of course it's not…

June 3, 2019

A Bloody Week Shows the Drug War’s Continuous Violent Ripple Effect

More than 40 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, seven fatally, in what has become a grim Memorial Day…

May 30, 2019

Eurasian States Pouring Money Into Incarceration, Not Harm Reduction

Harm reduction funding around the world is stalling. By extension, harm reductionists in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) are…

May 29, 2019

Why Drug Dealers Are an Under-Utilized Anti-Overdose Resource

Last year, a man in his 20s attending Electric Forest, a Michigan music festival, began to cry after discovering that…

May 28, 2019

When a Prosecutor Throws His Money Around to Keep His County “Tough on Crime”

Back in 2009, the Oregon legislature passed a law to remove marijuana from Schedule 1, the most restricted category in…

May 16, 2019