Illinois recently passed a law ending cash bail, making it the first state to do so. The historic criminal justice package was signed into law by Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Feb. 22 this year. In...

In the week leading up to Mar. 4, the Tennessee state prison system reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. These cases have brought the prison total to 6,541 recoveries and 42 deaths. Of the 42 deaths,...

The fact that drugs are illegal is so embedded in our collective consciousness that we rarely question why this is so. The answer that comes to mind is that “drugs are bad”—bad for your health, bad...