Tag: incarceration
How Technical Violations Are Fueling Incarceration in Vermont
The majority of incarcerated Vermonters are behind state prison bars due to a technical ...
Harm Reductionist on Hunger Strike Against Alleged Civil Commitment Rights Violations
A prominent harm reductionist is allegedly facing numerous rights violations by a Massachussetts civil ...
Giving Incarcerated People “Free” Tablets, Not Books, Is a New Means of Subjugation
The general idea of US prison policy seems to be to make life as ...
Ten Ways States Can Advance Criminal Justice Reform in 2020
Next year will be a defining one for US politics. The presidential election will ...
Public Health Workers Scramble to Meet Needs of NY’s 2020 Bail Reforms
On the first day of 2020, around 800 New Yorkers will be released from ...
The Ethical Quagmire of Conducting Drug Trials With Incarcerated People
Using human beings as “guinea pigs” for unethical experiments becomes so much easier when ...
Incarcerated Women in Thailand Face Issues Seen Worldwide
Natauboo Jama started selling methamphetamine in northern Thailand after her second child was born. ...
The Agony of Attending My Son’s Probation Violation Hearing
As I entered the federal court building in Manhattan with my son on the ...
The Consequences of an Incompetent First Step Act Rollout
Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia ...
The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail
In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. ...
