Tag: criminal injustice
Beyond Legalization: Searching SSDP Conference Takes On Exclusion
On the last weekend of March, hundreds of student activists from around the US ...
Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are “becoming an epidemic” and that ...
To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems
It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led ...
Will NJ Governor Have the Guts to Call Time on This Rogue Prosecutor?
Governors of New Jersey enjoy some of the most sweeping powers in the country. ...
Three Takeaways From a Key Gathering of Health Justice Advocates
On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians ...
“Working as Intended”—NJ Bail Reform Drastically Cuts Jail Population
The activists and policymakers behind the criminal justice reforms just won in New York ...
Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War
On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, ...
This Groundbreaking Letter From Dozens of Sheriffs and DAs Calls for MAT in Jails
Lack of access to methadone and burprenorphine, lifesaving opioid use disorder medications, for vulnerable ...
For This NY District Attorney, Fear-Based Approaches to Drugs Are a Family Affair
When one Facebook user wrote “Putting away bad guys since 2013” under a photo ...
Mixed Outcomes and Ethical Questions at New York’s “Opioid Courts”
Early one morning in January 2018, Bruce Gramiack Jr. awoke to find his cellmate’s ...
