Tag: criminal injustice
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 ...
DA Felt It Unnecessary to Inform Public of a Virus-Infected Prosecutor in Court
Stephen Wagstaffe, the district attorney of San Mateo County, California, said in 2014 that ...
The Potential and Pitfalls of Providing Vapes to Incarcerated People
How much good can vaping do in a carceral setting? Smoking rates in prisons ...
My Experience of Brutal Arrest at a Black Lives Matter Protest
It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with ...
