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July 15, 2021
Inside The Nation’s Overdose Crisis in Prisons and Jails
Behind bars, drug use is rampant and uniquely deadly, new data shows.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
and
Jimmy Jenkins
Analysis
November 11, 2020
Will Drug Legalization Leave Black People Behind?
Even in states that have legalized or decriminalized marijuana possession, Black people are still more likely to be arrested for it than White people. These organizers are working to change that.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper
and
Christie Thompson
Life Inside
September 3, 2020
I Thought Jail Would Help Me Get Clean. I Was Dead Wrong.
I asked a drug court to send me to jail to get stabilized. But when the jail refused to give me my Suboxone, everything came crashing down.
By
Morgan Godvin
Life Inside
November 8, 2018
My Dog Didn't Forget Me When I Went to Prison
Charlotte was there for the worst moments of my life. And she was there as I picked up the pieces.
By
Keri Blakinger
Case in Point
April 24, 2017
Is It Murder if There’s No Homicide?
The strange case of a convicted killer whose “victim” probably died of her own drug overdose.
By
Andrew Cohen
News
March 1, 2017
A Better Way to Treat Addiction in Jail
Medications are effective, but jails are still slow to provide them.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Commentary
January 18, 2017
Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 2
End overcriminalization, reward success, pay attention to the heroin crisis.
Vikrant P. Reddy
Life Inside
September 8, 2016
The Night I Took a Life
“I can’t help but hate myself for what I did.”
By
Jason Rodriguez
Life Inside
June 9, 2016
I Survived a Suicide Attempt in Jail
And it made me a different person.
By
Anonymous
as told to
Maurice Chammah
Commentary
June 6, 2016
Why Prince’s Death Shouldn’t Lead to Bad Drug Policy
Lessons learned from the crack epidemic.
By
Jeremy Haile
and
Michael Collins