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Criminal Justice System

Analysis

The Dirty Secret of New York’s Coronavirus Response: Prison Labor

s.e. smith
hands and heroin needle
Feature

First an Opioid Addiction. Then a Life-Altering Criminal Record.

Michael Cooper
Mother cradling child with medical equipment
Feature

North Carolina Wants To Penalize Prenatal Substance Exposure

Elizabeth Brico
incarcerated person taking methadone
Feature

Jail Isn’t A Drug Treatment Center. Stop Promoting It As One.

Elizabeth Brico
Feature

The Criminal Justice System Should Be Trying to Trying to Put Itself Out of Business

Marlon Peterson
Feature

A Mistake At A Ticket Machine Cost Me $100. Fining Me Didn’t Make the Subway Safer.

Elizabeth Brico
child playing on a slide
Feature

State Laws Can Punish Parents Living in Abusive Households

Elizabeth Brico
a long line at a courthouse
Feature

Dangerous Jobs. Harassment. Long Hours. Welcome to Court-Ordered Community Service.

s.e. smith
Rikers Island protest
Analysis

Closing Old Jails Doesn’t Mean You Have to Open New Ones

Marlon Peterson
Analysis

California’s Use of Force Law Is a Start, But Not What Communities Really Need

Marlon Peterson
A woman holding an eviction notice
Feature

Calling 911 or Not Mowing the Lawn Can Cost Disabled People Their Homes

Alisha Jarwala & Sejal Singh
Analysis

Giving Incarcerated People the Right to Vote Isn’t as New of an Idea as You Think

Marlon Peterson

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