Tag: criminal injustice
The States Working to Reduce Criminal Punishment for Transmitting HIV
In 2008, Betsie Gallardo, a 24-year-old Florida woman, was sentenced to five years in ...
Inside Rikers Island: A Social Worker’s Hellish Account
To understand the hell we call Rikers Island, there’s no one better to ask ...
Prosecutors Urge Gov. Cuomo to Drastically Reduce New York Bail System
On March 6, 14 prosecutors from across the country urged New York State’s leadership ...
A Ban on Smoking and Vaping in Cars With Minors Will Have Racist Consequences
On a main city street in Auckland, New Zealand last month, two women staged ...
Mississippi’s Warring Prosecutors Leave the Door Open to Hope
Two incredibly powerful prosecutors, sworn enemies, live in the same small Southern capital of ...
Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drug Use, Explained
In 2001, Portugal was experiencing an opioid-involved overdose crisis, similar to the one gripping ...
Incarcerated People Push Back Against Biometric Surveillance
Incarcerated people are subjected to pervasive surveillance. Filter recently reported on the private correctional communications company ...
How a Paraplegic Drug User Became a Victim of Involuntary Commitment
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing ...
Global Drug Executions Are Falling, But Threats and Killings Continue
Even as bloody drug wars rage in many countries, executions for drug offenses are ...
Meet the New Coalition Fighting to Decriminalize Sex Work
Across the street from the headquarters of the New York Police Department, dozens of ...
