Tag: criminal injustice
“Let’s Go After This Whole Thing”—DULF Challenges Criminal Charges
Vancouver’s drug-user rights movement is bracing for what could be yet another long legal ...
As Waupun Correctional Staff Arrested for Abuse, Lockdown Drags On
After Dean Hoffman was transferred to Waupun Correctional Institution in April 2023, his daughter ...
How Prison Guard Became the Job Everyone Leaves
Lonnie, in his late 40s, was a high school teacher for 20 years before ...
Watching the Trump Trials in Prison, With Con Artists Cheering Him On
Our living unit at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee doesn’t have a communal ...
Activists in DC for 4/20, Demanding Federal Action for Marijuana Justice
Activists have gathered in Washington, DC to demand that Congress and President Biden take ...
NY County Sued for Illegally Denying Person OUD Meds in Jail
A lawsuit accuses a New York county jail of repeatedly denying a man held ...
FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.
Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first ...
New Hampshire Is Weighing Harsher Fentanyl Punishments
New Hampshire is weighing a series of bills that would increase punishments for fentanyl-related ...
Virginia Cannabis Bills on Sales, Parenting, Resentencing Now With Gov. Youngkin
Virginia’s Democrat-led legislature passed a number of marijuana-related bills in recent weeks, sending them ...
Many Drug Users Aren’t Protected by “Good Samaritan” Laws
Kansas, one of the last two states without a “Good Samaritan” law for drug ...
