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Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
Closing Argument
How Trump Has Reshaped the Justice Department and Other Criminal Justice Areas in His Second Term
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How ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good Could Face State Charges
A photo of uniformed soldiers out-of-focus in the foreground, in front of a large screen showing President Donald Trump in a burgundy Fort Bragg baseball cap speaking from a podium with uniformed soldiers standing behind him.
News January 22
Trump Threatened to Send Military Police to Minnesota. Here’s What They Can and Can’t Do.
Even during unrest, active-duty soldiers’ role in domestic law enforcement is limited, experts say.
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An illustration shows a maze made up of teal blue lines, on a black background. Interspersed in the maze are nine simplified figures of people of different genders and ages. In the center of the maze is a white speech bubble.
Investigate This January 20
Journalists: How to Include Family Perspectives in Prison Death Coverage
Family members’ experiences are key to understanding deaths in custody. These engagement tactics can unlock their untold stories.
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A photo shows a Black woman wearing a grass skirt and holding a blue-and-red Haitian flag while singing into a microphone. Dancers holding toy swords surround her as they all perform on a church stage.
News January 16
After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, An Ohio Town Prepares For ICE
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
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An illustration shows a Black man in a dark blue prison uniform pushing against a wall that is shaped like a face. There are brown, white and blue waves on the right side of the wall.
Life Inside January 16
It’s Hard to Stay Motivated When You’re Facing ‘Death by Incarceration’
LaMarr W. Knox on stalled prison reform measures: “In New York prisons, hope is nonexistent because so many of us are loaded up with long sentences.”
By LaMarr W. Knox
A black and orange collage illustration shows the shape of Mississippi layered on top of excerpts of court documents and prison records.
Jackson January 13
Mississippi Prison Killings Have Not Stopped. 5 Things to Know.
Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.
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Six corrections officers wearing black jackets hold a man in a green prison suit on a gurney. A man, second from left, is seen kicking the man wearing the green prison suit.
Closing Argument January 10
New York Prisons Are Getting More Cameras. Will It Make Them Safer?
The state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about abuse by guards.
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An illustration shows a window into a room where a person is covered by a bedsheet while lying on top of a gurney. Two guards stand on the left and right sides of the window in the foreground.
St. Louis January 8
How Missouri Denied Condemned Men Spiritual Advisers at Their Deaths
“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” one advocate said.
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Cleveland January 7
Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?
Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.
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A photo shows the interior of an ICE Processing Center, where two floors are visible. There are four metal doors, each with four narrow vertical windows, on each floor. Two officers dressed in light blue shirts and dark pants stand at one of the doors on the first floor.
News January 6
Trump’s Vow to Arrest Immigrants Lifted Private Prison Stocks. Then Why Did They Tank?
ICE wants to detain more than 100,000 people at a time, but the historic ramp up has been slower than Wall Street expected.
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An illustration with blue, green, purple and pink tones shows pointed shapes and a Black man in a blue jumpsuit listening to music through headphones while lying on a bed. The calendar in front of him shows the month of December with the date of the 31st circled.
Life Inside January 1
How a Long Sentence Changed New Year’s Into a Time of Reflection, Not Celebration
This is what New Year’s looks like after 20 years in prison.
By Joseph Wilson
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