Tag: criminal injustice
Rikers Body Scanners Risk Jailed New Yorkers’ Health
Machines that were once prohibited from being used in New York jails were rolled ...
DA Candidate Plans to Abolish NYC’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor
“Perhaps no one and nothing else in New York City better represents the worst ...
Radical Theater Performance Subverts Rikers Violence
Christmas was a week away. The sky was baby blue, but you wouldn’t have ...
Prosecutors Must Learn From Drug Users—But That Takes Humility
Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to ...
Britain’s “Most Prolific” Rapist Spurs Misguided GHB Crackdown
The UK is moving towards a crackdown on GHB and GBL—two highly similar depressants, ...
As Reform Prosecutors Take Office, Courts Start Working Against Them
A new year means that all the candidates who won local elections in November ...
What Activists Are Looking for in Implementation of NY’s 2020 Bail Reforms
As of January 1, cash bail is no longer legally applicable to the vast ...
Philadelphia Mayor’s Worrying Pick for New Police Commissioner
When Danielle Outlaw became Portland’s police chief in 2017, she was the first Black ...
World’s First Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Panel Starts Work in Denver
The first ever Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel in the US is about to ...
I Disagreed With Dr. Drew—And Unleashed His MAGA Twitter Horde
It was Christmas night. I was hosting my family here in Minnesota, feeling full ...
