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A photo shows the entrance of a detention facility surrounded by barbed wire fencing. Cars are parked in front of the building.
Closing Argument August 1
ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons
Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide.
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An illustration in shades of blue shows two incarcerated people sitting on a bench in the background, while six incarcerated people stand on the left and right sides of the foreground.
Life Inside July 31
Pennsylvania Struck Down Mandatory Life Without Parole for 2nd-Degree Murder. What Comes Next?
People affected by the state’s felony murder law reflect on the ruling and the uncertain path ahead.
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Inside Story July 31
What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish?
In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity.
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Clockwise from top left: A photo shows a White woman with long blue hair, wearing a blue T-shirt, standing in front of a white building; a black-and-white photo shows a one-story building with a dark roof and the shadows of trees visible on its side; a photo shows a Mexican American woman in a blue top and black pants standing on the grass in front of some leafy trees; a photo framed through a car window shows a green sign saying “Fox Run.”
Cleveland July 30
It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape.
At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.
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A photo shows a White woman with long brown hair and blonde highlights holding a stack of her paper records in manila folders.
Investigate This July 30
Were You in Residential Treatment as a Minor? Here Are the Records You’re Entitled To.
This guide is for people impacted by the “troubled teen industry” to investigate abuses inside youth residential treatment facilities.
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The Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents in Ohio’s Belmont County.
Get Involved July 30
Were You Abused or Neglected in Youth Residential Treatment? We Want to Hear From You.
Help our team continue reporting on dangerous conditions in these facilities. We may also connect you with a journalist in your community.
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A collage shows images of clippings of a legal document, a black-and-white photo of a Black man with a bushy beard, images of various textures and a photo of the entrance to the Missouri Supreme Court.
St. Louis July 29
Since Death Penalty’s Return 50 Years Ago, Missouri Executes Prisoners at High Rate
Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%.
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Redemption Songs July 26
A Cuban Protest Ballad From ICE Detention
Cuban dissident Nilo Gibert Arencibia has been trapped in a Mississippi immigrant detention facility for eight months. Here’s his protest song.
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A photo shows a drawing of a man with medium skin tone smiling. The drawing is placed in a memorial with flowers and lit candles. There are posters hanging above the memorial that read, “This violence is not normal,” and, “We are better than this.”
Closing Argument July 25
How Troubled Law Enforcement Recruits Wind Up With a Badge and Gun
The killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE agent in Maine is once more highlighting the problems with vetting and training in law enforcement.
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An illustration shows flames behind a prison cell door as smoke billows into a green hallway.
Feature July 24
A Prison on Fire
Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths.
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