Tag: criminal injustice

    Four Easy Ways for a New Top Prosecutor to Make Meaningful Change

    Activists like the Dream Defenders did not expect Harold Pryor to win the Broward ...

    Cages Don’t Always Have Bars: How “Reforms” Swelled the Carceral State

    Place Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law together on a street corner in an impoverished ...

    What Marijuana Legalization Would Mean for Criminal Justice in Arizona

    Marijuana legalization is headed to the ballot in Arizona this November. If successful, the ...

    The Frightening Future and Past of Cop “Mutual Aid”

    Mutual aid organizing is experiencing something of a renaissance amid the coinciding crises of ...

    Breaking Down a Model Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs

    On August 6, the Drug Policy Alliance* released a detailed proposal to decriminalize all ...

    The “Progressive Prosecutor” Movement Spreads, But Unevenly

    It is hard for prosecutors to let go of the prosecutorial identity, as seen ...

    Kamala Harris Was Mocking “Schools Not Jails” Not So Long Ago

    When Kamala Harris was still San Francisco’s district attorney in 2010, she delivered a ...

    How Would Dismantling the DHS Affect the War on Drugs?

    It’s time to abolish the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), writes ACLU Director ...

    Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs

    Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy ...