Tag: criminal injustice
To Get Methadone in Jail, I Had to Hide It in My Prosthetic Leg
The first time I went to jail, I was using heroin as well as ...
US Drug Enforcement’s Role in the Current Violence in Sinaloa, Mexico
A major outbreak of violence in Culiacán, Mexico, spotlights United States drug war tactics ...
Prisoners Need Civilian Review Boards, Too
Toward the end of my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody I ...
For NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Abuses, Discipline Is “Close to Nonexistent”
Over a decade after the New York City Police Department’s notoriously racist “stop-and-frisk” practice ...
Guards Delegate Security to Prisoners as Understaffing Crisis Evolves
Corrections officers (COs) have long relied on prisoners to do various parts of their ...
BC Government’s Involuntary Drug Treatment Expansion Plan Condemned
The British Columbia government is moving towards a regime of involuntary treatment for people ...
FCC Denies Securus Exemption From Price Caps on Calls From Prisons, Jails
On August 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued final rulings on multiple outstanding ...
Harm Reduction Community’s Diverse Efforts to Raise DULF Defense Funds
Since Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) cofounders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were charged ...
OK Prisons Privatize Mail, as “Digital Processing Centers” Expand Drug War
Beginning September 1, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) will no longer deliver physical ...
When the Prison Grievance Process Is Worth the Risk
For nearly three decades, I’ve been hearing people scream for help. Screams of people ...
