Natauboo Jama started selling methamphetamine in northern Thailand after her second child was born. Known locally as yaba, it is…
As I entered the federal court building in Manhattan with my son on the morning of Nov 19, I had…
Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia that sold sandwiches, hot dogs, and…
In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. The large white GMC van sits…
You could say that the San Diego County Jail is a place where people are sent to die. Earlier this…
In a key moment for the rights of incarcerated people with substance use disorders, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…
A recent discovery about an elected Georgia sheriff threw unflattering light on those charged with managing America’s jails, which chew…
At any given moment, there are roughly 600,000 people languishing in local American jails. About three-quarters of them have been…
On August 5, Denver City Council voted against renewing $10.6 million in contracts with two private prison companies. The companies,…
New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws, perhaps the most infamous embodiment of criminalizing addiction and drug use in the history of…