Prison Protest
Despite Worsening Opioid Crisis, Many Jails And Prisons Remain Opposed To Treatment Medications
Three drugs are approved by the FDA for opioid use disorder yet are treated as dangerous contraband in most jails and prisons. (NC Dept of Public Safety on Flickr)
In Era Of Overlapping Crises, Drug-User Organizers Share Lessons Learned Fighting Abandonment
The skills and experience drug-user organizers have built over decades are increasingly relevant for grave new contexts.
In Riverside County Jails, Organizing Against Repressive Conditions Takes Many Forms
People incarcerated in Riverside County jails engage in many forms of resistance against repression, from hunger strikes to lawsuits and beyond.
As COVID-19 Raged, Incarcerated Journalists Fought Isolation And Illness To Expose Abusive Conditions
In 2020, Empowerment Avenue launched as a collaborative writing program to connect incarcerated writers with outside journalists and editors.
In San Quentin, COVID-19 Prevention No Match For Crowded And Poorly Ventilated Housing
Since COVID-19 wreaked havoc inside California’s prisons, conditions that helped the virus spread have been left unaddressed.
Massachusetts Chief of Police Sends Racist Emails to Town Officials, Keeps Job
“I couldn’t resist!!!” That’s the last line of a particularly racist email sent by Leyden, Massachusetts Police Chief Daniel Galvis to town officials and fellow officers on March 8, 2016. The email, a chain forward called “FW: How Is Tarzan Doing?” ends with the noble savage telling a nameless third
