Stories by Anthony Papa
Anthony Papa, author of 15 To Life: How I Painted My Way To Freedom, is a communications specialist for the Drug Policy Alliance.
Posted on Dec 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet
It's well established that incarcerating people who use drugs does far more harm than good.
Posted on Dec 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A former drug war prisoner explains how clemency set him free, and why he has made it his mission to help other prisoners find freedom.
Posted on Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Testing errors at one crime lab led to 3,000 drug convictions in need of review and point to chronic failures in the criminal justice system.
Posted on Oct 31, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Beal, a founder of the Yippees and organizer of the Global Marijuana March, was busted for weed and had a heart attack on his way to prison. Then, a judge voided his sentence.
Posted on Oct 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
After slapping additional time on Douglas' sentence, a clueless judge said he did not know drugs were available in prison. The author's own experience behind bars reveals reality.
Posted on Oct 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
This week, Michael Douglas's incarcerated son Cameron testified at his alleged drug supplier's criminal trial. But does he even deserve to be behind bars?
Posted on Sep 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Bruce Reilly's struggles demonstrate how hard it is to re-enter society as a productive citizen
Posted on Sep 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet
As we remember the unjust conditions that spurred the Attica uprising, we must focus on the alarming rate of incarceration in the US, highest in the world.
Posted on Aug 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Yarbrough's story is exhibit A for the case to rethink life-without-parole laws across the country.
Posted on Jun 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet
New documentary is a stark and honest portrayal of the global war on drugs and its failure to resolve the many issues that derive from prohibition.
Posted on Jun 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Let's see what happens to the students who were arrested and whose lives were ruined because of the overzealous police policies.
Posted on May 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet
24 -year veteran forensic technician Mariem Megalla's shady approach has thrown thousands of court cases into question.
Posted on Apr 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Cuomo's plan to revamp New York State's Juvenile System by reducing the capacity of juvenile centers by 30 percent has become a reality.
Posted on Mar 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Barry Bonds' trial took another twist when the prosecution said they would make the size of his testicles the crux of their case to prove that Bonds lied to a grand jury.
Posted on Mar 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Conference gathers this March to chart a new course in drug policy that could serve as a model for the nation.
Posted on Mar 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Marks devoted his life to change NY's draconian Rockefeller drug laws and helped secure clemency for prisoners rotting away in prison for their roles in minor drug crimes.
Posted on Feb 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Officials recently shut down part of the Nassau County Crime Lab because it was discovered that a half-dozen drug cases had been subjected to incorrect analyses.
Posted on Feb 4, 2011, Source: AlterNet
An innovative project to address the question of how ex-offenders can make a life once they return to the real world.
Posted on Jan 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet
How do we begin to address the connections between astronomical rates of incarceration, disintegration of black families, and the war on drugs?
Posted on Dec 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
In a surprising act of compassion, the Mississippi governor has commuted the sentences of two sisters jailed for 16 years for an $11 armed robbery.
Posted on Dec 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet
This is the fourth suicide linked to Bernie's actions.
Posted on Dec 9, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The Columbia bust is all hype and PR and will do nothing to stop drug use on our campuses or in NYC.
Posted on Nov 22, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Terrance Stevens' dream was to help the many children of NY State prisoners that live in his Harlem community and had been left with a great void in their lives.
Posted on Nov 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Andrew Cuomo is searching for ways to cut the budget and reduce economic waste, and half-empty prisons are an obvious target.
Posted on Sep 21, 2010, Source: AlterNet
By speaking out for treatment instead of imprisonment, Hilton could help the cause of millions of other Americans are arrested for minor drug law violations.
Posted on Aug 26, 2010, Source: AlterNet
What does the war on drugs have to do with the sport of baseball? Just ask Roger "The Rocket" Clemens.
Posted on Aug 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The axing of prison-gerrymandering will result in the reduction of the reliance on the prison industrial complex in upstate New York.
Posted on Jul 14, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A spiritual father to many men behind and beyond the walls of prison will be surely missed.
Posted on May 4, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Using art as a vehicle for social change.
Posted on Mar 29, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A single joint smoked by Amir Varick Amma cost him an additional 5 years in prison, and taxpayers roughly $250,000.
Posted on Jan 31, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The government is hell-bent on punishing Cameron Douglas for the crime of being an addict.
Posted on Jan 5, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Arguments by top level city and federal law enforcement agents against harm redution pamphlet have little scientific merit.
Posted on Nov 12, 2009, Source: AlterNet
More people than ever grasp the need to shift from criminalization to a public health model -- the Drug Policy Alliance's conference leads the way on this discussion.
Posted on Mar 16, 2009, Source: Huffington Post
When you look in the mirror you will think of your crime and how you wound up in prison. You will re-live your crime over and over.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Drug addiction shouldn't be a crime -- the real crime would be if reform of New York's draconian drug laws were stymied yet again.
Posted on Sep 23, 2008, Source: Drug Policy Alliance
Exercising the right to vote is important part of prisoner rehabilitation, but over 5 million convicted felons are barred from doing so.
Posted on Aug 21, 2008, Source: AlterNet
The Drug Policy Alliance's re:FORM art auction benefit marries art with tackling the ridiculous "war on drugs."
Posted on Aug 8, 2008, Source: Huffington Post
Our federal government's zero-tolerance anti-drug crusade reached a new low in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Posted on Jul 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Hamilton was lucky enough to be able to afford treatment and get access right away. Most people cannot afford it.
Posted on Sep 27, 2007, Source: AlterNet
Why Colombia's top drug lord may get off easier than small-time offenders in the U.S.
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