Criminal Justice Stories
- Colorado spotlights role of psychedelics in addressing overdose crisis Some 7,000 people are expected to attend this week's Psychedelic Science conference in Denver and public health activists are spotlighting the potential for mind-altering medicines to help address the nation's overdose crisis. They also said the medications could help end decades of mass incarceration. Amanda Hall, […]
- OH's Kent State lessons loom over military response to LA protests A Kent State University shooting survivor is warning Ohioans and others to take note of the U.S. military's involvement in immigration-related protests. She says it echoes a dark chapter in Ohio history – when four students were shot by the National Guard at Kent […]
- Cal student faces prison for rescuing chickens By Seth Millstein for Sentient.Broadcast version by Farah Siddiqi for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration In 2023, UC Berkeley student and activist Zoe Rosenberg removed four severely ill chickens from a slaughterhouse truck in Petaluma, California, and brought them to an animal sanctuary. […]
- Study: Incarceration costs U.S. families $350 billion a year A new study highlights the high price of incarceration, and says the annual total cost to families of Americans behind bars is nearly $350 billion. The study from the nonprofit FWD.us says one in two American adults has seen incarceration in their immediate family, with higher […]
- Michigan legislation targets violence against patients, abortion providers By Alyssa Burr for the Michigan Independent.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Michigan News Connection reporting for the Michigan Independent-Public News Service Collaboration Renee Chelian, founder and CEO of Northland Family Planning Center in Sterling Heights, has been an abortion provider for more than 50 years. During […]
- ND sheriff: Keep politics out of immigration enforcement Local law enforcement agencies, including in North Dakota, are decrying a move by the Trump administration to label some jurisdictions as "sanctuaries" over perceived differences related to immigration arrests. The Department of Homeland Security last week released a list of jurisdictions, including cities and counties it said […]
- Indiana women get new start on college from behind bars By Claire Rafford for Mirror Indy.Broadcast version by Terri Dee for Indiana News Service reporting for the Mirror Indy-Free Press Indiana-Public News Service Collaboration. For Kaneka Kidd, college has very much been a family affair. She started classes through Marian University’s program at the Indiana […]
- 'Clean slate' laws boost employment, housing access among formerly incarcerated More states are considering "clean state" laws, which establish a process to automatically seal records of most misdemeanor criminal charges. Experts said West Virginia continues to rely on an antiquated record-keeping system for criminal records, and despite incremental steps to make expungement easier, most residents […]