Tag: criminal injustice
Why Are Black Arrest Rates for Marijuana Rising in Los Angeles?
Although California legalized marijuana over two years ago, racial disparities in arrests for the ...
Gasping for Justice: People Jailed in the Pandemic Refuse to Be Silenced
What do you do if you want the voices of incarcerated people at the ...
BlueLeaks: Inside Cops’ Islamophobic Counterdrug Training
This is a time bomb” was one student’s description of a September 2014 counterdrug ...
Texas Is Now the Epicenter for Coronavirus in Carceral Settings
Severe COVID-19 outbreaks threaten the lives of people incarcerated across Texas. Several jail and ...
Convenient Charges for New Orleans DA Candidate Leave Dire Incumbent Favorite
At the end of June, New Orleans City Councilman Jason Williams was indicted on ...
Joe Biden’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force Passes on Marijuana Legalization
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders’ “Unity Task Force”—six committees set up to shape policies ...
Oklahoma Reservation Ruling Is an Opening for Harm Reduction
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who ...
Movement for Black Lives Wants Congress to End the Drug War
The federal war on drug users would likely be brought to its knees with ...
Kentucky Challenge to “Casey’s Law” Strikes Against Involuntary Commitment
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who ...
Dozens of Countries Exclude People on Drug Charges From COVID-19 Decarceration
Prisons are nearly universally recognized as petri dishes for the coronavirus. In an attempt ...
