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Piper French
Piper French is a staff writer for
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She lives in Los Angeles.
Her freelance work can be found in publications like
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Articles by Piper French
November 19, 2024
On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again
Piper French
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November 8, 2024
Voters Dismiss Two of California’s Leading Progressive Prosecutors
Piper French
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August 30, 2024
In Oakland, a DA’s Vision for Youth Justice Collides with a Recall Movement Leery of Second Chances
Piper French
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August 8, 2024
The Epidemiologist Running for Mayor to Bring Public Health to Sacramento Politics
Piper French
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July 15, 2024
Public Defenders Look to Grow Their Presence on the Bench in Los Angeles
Piper French
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June 27, 2024
“What’s More Extraordinary and Compelling?”
Piper French
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May 3, 2024
How Do You Repurpose a Closed Jail? Competing Visions Clash in St. Louis
Piper French
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April 10, 2024
Beyond Crimmigration
Piper French
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March 8, 2024
“We’re Going to Be Overwhelmed”: How Louisiana Just Ballooned Its Jail Population
Piper French
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February 23, 2024
In Pursuit of Harsher Punishments, San Francisco Courtwatchers Target Judges
Piper French
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February 9, 2024
Faced with ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules
Piper French
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January 24, 2024
Under the Shadow of the Extreme Case
Piper French
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January 10, 2024
Louisiana Organizers Brace for Landry
Piper French
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December 19, 2023
As Los Angeles Politicians Trade Barbs, Jail Deaths Keep Mounting
Piper French
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October 31, 2023
If Abortion Measure Fails, Ohioans on Parole And Probation Could Face Graver Restrictions
Piper French
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October 13, 2023
Boston Mayor Backtracks on Ending Controversial Police Surveillance Center
Piper French
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September 28, 2023
Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities
Piper French
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August 31, 2023
Jeff Landry’s Bid for Louisiana Governor Has Been a Crusade Against Its Cities
Piper French
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August 18, 2023
Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform
Piper French
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July 17, 2023
The Death Penalty on Trial in Louisiana
Piper French
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June 23, 2023
North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE
Piper French
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May 24, 2023
Survivors of Solitary Confinement Face the California Governor’s Veto Pen
Piper French
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May 19, 2023
California AG Ends San Francisco’s First Prosecution for an On-Duty Police Killing
Piper French
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May 4, 2023
France Enables AI Surveillance Ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics, Alarming Privacy Activists
Piper French
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April 18, 2023
“Our Voices Don’t Matter”: Tennessee Moves to Gut Police Oversight
Piper French
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April 3, 2023
“A Weapon by the State to Silence Our Voices”
Piper French
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March 16, 2023
Oregon Tries Again to Restore Voting Rights in Prisons
Piper French
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February 24, 2023
How the State Sanctions Police Violence
Piper French
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February 9, 2023
The New DA of Memphis Wants to Break with the Past, to a Point
Piper French
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January 26, 2023
In Oregon’s Prisons, Terminally Ill People Are Left with Little Recourse
Piper French
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January 13, 2023
Oakland’s “Riders” Scandal and the Fraught Road to Police Reform
Piper French
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December 16, 2022
New Progressive Bloc on LA Council Wants to Reshape How City Responds to Homelessness
Piper French
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November 21, 2022
With Oakland DA Win, Reformers Rebuild Strength in the Bay Area
Piper French
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November 18, 2022
Los Angeles Voters Ousted Their Sheriff—and Then Just Kept Going
Piper French
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November 5, 2022
In San Francisco, “No Intention to Seek Justice”
Piper French
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November 1, 2022
The Anti-Carceral Feminist Who Wants to Be DA
Piper French
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October 27, 2022
California’s 10 Most Critical Elections for Criminal Justice and Policing
Piper French
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,
Daniel Nichanian
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October 17, 2022
Sacramento Ballot Measure Pushes Policing to Address Housing Crisis
Piper French
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September 22, 2022
All the Governor’s Men
Piper French
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September 2, 2022
California Passes Bill to Expand Prison Releases for Terminally Ill People
Piper French
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August 17, 2022
Auditing the Status Quo in Los Angeles
Piper French
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August 10, 2022
Reform Prosecutor Wins After Police Union Attacks in Vermont
Piper French
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July 25, 2022
For Thousands of Georgians, Freely Traveling Across State Lines for an Abortion Is Not an Option
Piper French
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July 18, 2022
A Vermont Prosecutor Expanded Restorative Justice. Now She’s Defending It At the Polls.
Piper French
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June 16, 2022
Oakland’s Sheriff Is Ousted After a Long Tenure Leading Deadly Jail
Piper French
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June 8, 2022
San Francisco Ousts a Prominent Criminal Justice Reformer
Piper French
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June 3, 2022
Meet the Other Two Northern California DAs Facing Law Enforcement Blowback
Piper French
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May 31, 2022
“Fool Me Once”: Scandals and Abuses Fuel Unease Toward ‘Reform’ Talk in Los Angeles Sheriff Race
Piper French
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May 24, 2022
Ducking Racism Scandal, Orange County DA Turns to Dog Whistles
Piper French
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May 5, 2022
A Future for Susanville
Piper French
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April 29, 2022
Deaths and Neglect Behind Bars Magnify Oakland’s Sheriff Race
Piper French
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April 6, 2022
The Movement to Decarcerate Los Angeles Targets Judicial Elections
Piper French
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March 4, 2022
Abolitionist Organizer Wants to Fill Los Angeles Power Vacuum
Piper French
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February 10, 2022
Longstanding Grievances Between Prosecutor and Public Defender Boil Over in California DA Race
Piper French
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April 9, 2021
Oregon’s Tough-on-Crime D.A. Association Faces a Reckoning
Piper French
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February 17, 2021
California Bill That Promotes Alternatives to Policing Is Back Despite Governor’s Veto
Piper French
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