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Drug war correspondent covering harm reduction from behind enemy lines @WACorrections. Writing @Filtermag_org @theappeal @truthout @JewishCurrents. Send tips ⤵️

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@Filtermag_org
Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
Naltrexone as Opioid Treatment: Who Does It Work For, Besides Cops? "Why do people keep prescribing it for OUD?" asks @jonmkirkpatrick. Christian has been given many shots, some court-ordered, on his way out of jails. “I OD’d a whole bunch of times.” https://t.co/qCHB1YmxaN
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Of the three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), two have been shown to reduce rates ...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
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"Cops circulate it to keep themselves in power; journalists to keep themselves in business, and because it’s just tradition by now." Media Never Changed Its 1970s PCP Propaganda, Just Repurposed It By @jonmkirkpatrick and @kastaliamedrano: https://t.co/7RNONe9urh
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In 1927, a family in Mexico City ate cannabis leaves by accident. The father had just been killed, and with ...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
"This is his gig and always has been. HIV, ebola, COVID—he comes out heavy as the Epidemic Guy, sowing fear around a popular theory by saying the science supports it." We’ll Know Harm Reduction Is Mainstream Once Dr. Fauci Likes It By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/R4uD6EdGdH
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In 2018, the syringe service program (SSP) in Cabell County, West Virginia, was shuttered by the local health department. By ...
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@DKJackson20
Darrell K. Jackson
2 years
Sexual abuse is often a taboo topic for men, especially Black men. Writing this article made me reflect & recognize the harm I've endured. Abuse affects entire communities, not just individuals. We cannot tolerate a society that protects abusers and silences survivors.
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@EmpowermentAve
Empowerment Avenue
2 years
Darrell Jackson, who is a member of the Writers Development Group at Washington Corrections Center led by @ChrisWBlackwell, published "Coming to Terms With a Lifetime in Prison" for the publication Merion West. Read it here: https://t.co/qfx5Ibq9E1
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“The hyper-masculine environment of a prison creates additional impediments. Inmates fear that any sign of weakness might lead another inmate to take advantage, another reason not to speak openly...
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@Filtermag_org
Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
"No one's ever contracted HIV via spitting, but this was the '90s. The prison guards wrote me up for trying to intentionally transmit a communicable disease." Tennessee’s HIV Sex Offender Law Discourages Testing, Not Transmission By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/vvn4Lg3RPa
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In the mid-’90s at Washington State Penitentiary, a corrections officer (CO) and I had been yelling at each other for ...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
"Fentanyl isn't sold in cocaine intentionally, nor on a mass scale. It’s a localized supply chain error—dangerous, but not a widespread public health threat." Fentanyl Isn’t Being Cut Into the Cocaine Supply. Here’s Why. By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/KpPEJo19T5
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@ChrisWBlackwell
ChristopherBlackwell
2 years
I’m an incarcerated journalist. Today Securus, a predatory prison communication co, silenced journalists. With no warning they deleted all drafts of writing. Years of work. Manuscripts. Articles. Everything gone. We’re no longer able to save drafts. Now near impossible to write.
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@Filtermag_org
Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
"Per a member of a transnational trafficking organization, there’s no financial incentive to put fentanyl in cocaine. Which doesn't stop it from happening by accident." Fentanyl Isn’t Being Cut Into the Cocaine Supply. Here’s Why. By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/KpPEJo19T5
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@EmpowermentAve
Empowerment Avenue
2 years
Now online: Kwaneta Harris writes for @readlux about going seven years in solitary confinement without speaking to her three children. Accompanied with powerful photos taken inside the Murray Unit prison by Ariana Gomez. https://t.co/K4N9oqMrJJ
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How I tried to reach my kids while in solitary confinement in Texas.
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
"Ideally journalists would be more skeptical of stories about 'zombies' with superhuman strength, but they'll repeat them if the source is a cop." Media Never Changed Its 1970s PCP Propaganda, Just Repurposed It By @jonmkirkpatrick and @kastaliamedrano: https://t.co/7RNONe9urh
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In 1927, a family in Mexico City ate cannabis leaves by accident. The father had just been killed, and with ...
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@PoliceForReform
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP)
2 years
Seattle Recriminalizes Drug Use, Adds Arrest Alternatives It Won’t Pay For https://t.co/t0o54MYsF2 via @Filtermag_org by @jonmkirkpatrick
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On September 26, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell (D) unveiled his proposed 2024 budget. It indicates the city will not be ...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
2 years
“Here, you can pound on the wall or the window and get our attention,” CO Rory McCracken told Filter. “Good luck getting Narcan on graveyard in R-4 or -5.” WA Prisons Clear All Guards to Carry Narcan. Not All Intend to Do So. By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/sX26jNUaGb
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Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) staff are now permitted to carry Narcan while on duty. Though the change is ...
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2 years
"In 1977, media coverage of PCP was beside itself. If you used it, you had superhuman strength. You were invincible. You could jump, you could fly." Media Never Changed Its 1970s PCP Propaganda, Just Repurposed It By @jonmkirkpatrick and @kastaliamedrano:
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In 1927, a family in Mexico City ate cannabis leaves by accident. The father had just been killed, and with ...
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@interruptcrim
Interrupting Criminalization
2 years
This Wednesday, 9/27 at 4 PM ET: Please join us virtually for this conversation about prison journalism and censorship, featuring @EmpowermentAve's @ChrisWBlackwell, Kwanetta Harris, Sara Kielly, and @EmilyNonko, and moderated by @Abolition_Jess. Register: https://t.co/B5BKCkxjrB
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@raywilliams80
Raymond M. Williams Jr.
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When tablets first came to my prison, it changed life inside -- but nothing in this world is free. Read about it in my latest publication with @theprogressive.
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A tech company gave us new devices at a Washington State prison facility—with all of the promises and pitfalls that they can bring.
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@EmpowermentAve
Empowerment Avenue
2 years
MUTUAL AID REQUEST! Big warm welcome home to @UnCagedCritique. We are helping with some funds as she starts up her life and continues her writing career from out here. If you can send any money her way, please send it to Venmo account Emily-Nonko with the line "For Christy."
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Jonathan Kirkpatrick
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Arresting people and prosecuting them in court does not keep them out of the criminal-legal system. It exposes them to law enforcement and saddles them with a criminal record that can bar them from jobs and housing. My latest for @Filtermag_org: https://t.co/4Oi2OmYXIY
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On September 26, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell (D) unveiled his proposed 2024 budget. It indicates the city will not be ...
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Filter | harm reduction journalism
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"There's funding for diversion to treatment pre-trial, but not pre-booking. The new ordinance also gives unprecedented power to the Seattle City Attorney, who for the first time will be able to prosecute people for drug possession." By @jonmkirkpatrick: https://t.co/EXAmc2Mjmo
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On September 26, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell (D) unveiled his proposed 2024 budget. It indicates the city will not be ...
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@ChrisWBlackwell
ChristopherBlackwell
2 years
I teamed up with @EmpowermentAve's @EmilyNonko to write about the aggressive intimidation and retaliation incarcerated writers face for exposing what happens inside prisons
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Practicing journalism in prison is necessary, but incarcerated reporters face enormous risks and aggressive retaliation.
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