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Mississippi Lawmakers Considered Modest Public Defense Reforms. They Rejected All of Them.
Feature
In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S.
Analysis
How Campus Protests Could Shape the 2024 Elections — And Not Just the Presidency
Closing Argument
April 27
They Killed Their Abusive Partners. Now Their Sentences Could Be Reconsidered.
Oklahoma could re-examine how it punishes people whose crimes came after years of domestic abuse. Other states may follow.
By
Christie Thompson
and
Cary Aspinwall
Life Inside
April 26
What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like
Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Protest
Israel
Gaza
Palestine
Students
Policing
Arrests
New York
Closing Argument
April 20
The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again)
Isolation’s damaging effects are widely known. But many facilities confine people — even youth — virtually all day, sometimes in shower stalls.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Analysis
April 18
Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
By
Anna Flagg
,
Jamiles Lartey
and
Shannon Heffernan
Closing Argument
April 13
The Parents Paying for Their Children’s Crimes
Experts warn about a wave of legal consequences for parents like the Crumbleys, while some states consider prosecutions for kids as young as 10.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
April 12
I Had a Tough Job at My Brooklyn Jail: Keeping Men From Taking Their Own Lives
As a suicide prevention aide, I had to make sure my fellow detainees didn’t harm themselves. It was surprisingly easy to get such a complex job.
By
Rashon Venable
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
College protests live updates: UCLA remains tense; arrests at Fordham, Dartmouth
January 6 Rioter Derrick Evans Could Return to the Capitol—as a Congressman – Mother Jones
Florida ban on abortions after 6 weeks takes effect
Weinstein to Appear in Court for First Time Since Conviction Overturned
Illinois Ended Cash Bail. Now Reformers Want More Support for People on Pretrial Release.
These 30 Alabama Death Row inmates are waiting to die because judges overruled juries
150 People Sue, Saying They Were Abused as Minors in N.Y.C. Custody
Columbia University student protests: The NYPD crackdown on Hamilton Hall was shameful. Other campuses show a better way.
Editorial: Reclassifying marijuana is not decriminalization, but is welcome
Trump held in criminal contempt: Why it matters so much.
The New Sundown Towns
Opinion
How U.S. policy contributed to a Mexico detention center fire
Ex-N.S.A. Employee Who Tried to Sell U.S. Secrets to Russia Gets 22 Years
The Coalition to Advance Public Safety Adds Four New Cities
What Oklahoma Did to Clayton Lockett Ten Years Ago Changed the National Conversation About Botched Executions
Documenting Police Use of Force
Analysis
April 10
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments.”
By
Maurice Chammah
,
Shannon Heffernan
and
Beth Schwartzapfel
Closing Argument
April 6
What an Eclipse Lockdown Reveals about Dignity in Prisons and Jails
Recent lawsuits regarding the rights of incarcerated people and guards include gender, religious discrimination, and the right to watch the eclipse
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
April 5
I Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here’s Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world.
By
Hamzah Jihad Furqaani
as told to
Aala Abdullahi
Jackson
April 4
How Mississippi’s Jim Crow Laws Still Haunt Black Voters Today
After the U.S. Civil War, white supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress the Black vote. Even now, restoring rights has hit a roadblock.
By
Daja E. Henry