I report on public health and criminal justice, with a special focus on the unintended consequences of our nation’s drug laws, from pregnancy surveillance to the widespread reporting of families to the child welfare system.
My Background
I am the author of “Rehab: An American Scandal,” forthcoming from Simon & Schuster. At The Marshall Project, I’ve exposed how hospitals across the country routinely drug test patients who give birth and report them to child welfare authorities based on the results of faulty drug tests.
At the Center for Investigative Reporting, I was the lead reporter-producer on the popular investigative podcast “American Rehab,” which focused on drug treatment programs that put participants to work without pay at for-profit companies.
My reporting has prompted criminal and congressional probes and new laws, and has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, on NPR, on CNN and in newspapers across the country. I have also been honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won numerous awards, including the Livingston Award, the IRE Medal and the Murrow Award.
I live with my family in Oakland, California.
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If you know about pregnant people who were reported to criminal justice and child welfare authorities, please get in touch. I’m also interested in any tips or stories ideas related to criminal justice and health care.