On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys are continuing to prosecute "low-level" marijuana…
Every person in prison is a policy failure," is a common phrase in abolitionist circles. But of course it's not…
More than 40 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, seven fatally, in what has become a grim Memorial Day…
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at the podium, with the drugs from…
Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…
Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…
All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…
There is a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border," announced Republican Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (above) in…
On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians gathered in an auditorium at New…
On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, when two police officers walked by.…