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Published in: Shine A Light"A lifer is better than a detainee"Immigration detention is a clear example of the gap between toughness and effectiveness. It's not too late for the...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: Shine A LightState-sponsored cruelty
The Liberal Democrats must fight to salvage their promise to end the detention of children for immigration purposes...
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Published in: openSecurityNorth Ossetia suicide bombing kills eighteen
A suicide bombing in the restless north caucasian province of North Ossetia kills at least 18 people. A protest in...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of August 23, 2010We lead this week's report with a groundbreaking new study from the UK Drug Policy Commission on the extreme social...
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Published in: HomeThe drug war: new paradigm vs old paradox
The appointment of a new head of the lead United Nations anti-drugs agency is a precious opportunity to abandon a...
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Published in: HomeUnemployed entrepreneurs: Ciudad Juarez and the War on Drugs
Ciudad Juarez is one of the world’s fastest growing cities. It is also one of the most violent.
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Published in: HomeThe Mexican Drug War: Is it "Narcoterrorism?"Drug war violence in Mexico is truly horrific. But does it qualify as terrorism?
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of August 9, 2010
We lead this week's report with collection of voices calling for an end to the War on Drugs as a means of mitigating...
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Published in: HomeCalifornia Endures Another Summer of Pointless Marijuana Raids
For nearly 30 years, the Campaign Against Planting has waged a quixotic battle to eradicate California's outdoor...
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Published in: oDRWhy the FSB is not the KGB!Last month amendments were passed to the law codifying the FSB’s surveillance of those citizens deemed to be threats...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of August 2, 2010We lead this week the US House of Representatives passing two significant pieces of legislation meant to begin...
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Published in: openSecurityLawfair
Court scrutiny of the British security services is to be welcomed; we can't debate properly our security needs...
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Published in: oDRWhat is Strategy 31?
For the last 12 months Russian cities have witnessed regular demonstrations to protest restrictions on the right to...
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Published in: HomeFelon voting rights and democracy
Convicted felons continue to be barred from voting in the US, with severe consequences for their rehabilitation and...
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Published in: Home14 Shocking Facts That Prove the US Criminal Justice System Is Racist
The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans...
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Published in: HomeoD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of July 26, 2010We lead this week's report with the Economist's cover story on the US prison system, a scathing indictment of the...
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Published in: oDRIgor Sutyagin and the price of freedomThe imprisonment of military researcher Igor Sutyagin for alleged espionage has long troubled Russian human rights...
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Published in: HomeThe History of BUNCIN: The US Bureau of Narcotics Covert Intelligence Network
An excerpt from Douglas Valentine's "The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics, and Espionage Intrigues...
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Published in: Live discussionsCan US progressives beat back Trumpism?
