criminal injustice

Beyond Legalization: Searching SSDP Conference Takes On Exclusion

On the last weekend of March, hundreds of student activists from around the US and the world converged in Chicago…

April 11, 2019

Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are "becoming an epidemic" and that the Chicago police should "do what…

April 10, 2019

To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems

It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…

April 8, 2019

Will NJ Governor Have the Guts to Call Time on This Rogue Prosecutor?

Governors of New Jersey enjoy some of the most sweeping powers in the country. Not only can they conditionally veto…

April 8, 2019

Three Takeaways From a Key Gathering of Health Justice Advocates

On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians gathered in an auditorium at New…

April 4, 2019

“Working as Intended”—NJ Bail Reform Drastically Cuts Jail Population

The activists and policymakers behind the criminal justice reforms just won in New York State can look next door, to…

April 4, 2019

Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War

On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when two police officers walked by.…

April 4, 2019

This Groundbreaking Letter From Dozens of Sheriffs and DAs Calls for MAT in Jails

Lack of access to methadone and burprenorphine, lifesaving opioid use disorder medications, for vulnerable incarcerated populations has long been a…

April 3, 2019

For This NY District Attorney, Fear-Based Approaches to Drugs Are a Family Affair

When one Facebook user wrote “Putting away bad guys since 2013” under a photo of Orange County, New York District…

March 31, 2019

Mixed Outcomes and Ethical Questions at New York’s “Opioid Courts”

Early one morning in January 2018, Bruce Gramiack Jr. awoke to find his cellmate's "lifeless body on the floor" at…

March 26, 2019