Tag: policing
NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions
On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys ...
Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias
Every person in prison is a policy failure,” is a common phrase in abolitionist ...
A Bloody Week Shows the Drug War’s Continuous Violent Ripple Effect
More than 40 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, seven fatally, in what ...
Drug War Photo-Op Policing Is a Betrayal of Law Enforcement’s Principles
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at ...
Prison Policy Initiative Proposes Ways to Stop Jailing of People Who Use Drugs
Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials ...
British Police Are Raising Their Voices Against the Drug War
Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the ...
Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution
All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in ...
Trump Officials: Humanitarian Crisis at Mexican Border Distracts From Counter-Narcotics Ops
There is a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border,” announced Republican ...
Three Takeaways From a Key Gathering of Health Justice Advocates
On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians ...
Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War
On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, ...
