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Cleveland
Controversial Cuyahoga County Deputy Unit Tickets Mostly Black Drivers, Records Show
Closing Argument
What’s Behind the Execution Surge of 2025? Here Are Four Theories
Analysis
A New Front in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: ICE Checkpoints Far From the Border
Life Inside
September 12
‘Attica Day’ Is Fading Fast. Here’s Why This 53-Year-Old Tradition Still Matters.
For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.
By
Joseph Wilson
Jackson
September 11
‘Catastrophic Failures’: Why Dozens of Killings In Mississippi Prisons Go Unanswered
At least 42 incarcerated people have been killed in the last decade. Just six people have been convicted in their deaths.
By
Daja E. Henry
, The Marshall Project and
Mina Corpuz
, Mississippi Today
The Record
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Second Trump administration
Charlie Kirk assassination
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Gun Violence
political violence
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ICE
Immigration
Jackson
September 10
New Evidence May Offer Answers to Mother of Son Slain in Mississippi Prison 5 Years Ago
After reports of cell keys being shared and the lights turned off, Denorris Howell was killed in his dark Parchman prison cell.
By
Jerry Mitchell
, Mississippi Today
St. Louis
September 8
What It’s Like Enduring a Heat Wave in a Missouri Prison
Lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling.
By
Ivy Scott
, The Marshall Project, and
Jeremy Hann
Closing Argument
September 6
For People Mentally Unfit For Trial, Waits For Treatment Get Longer
U.S. defendants must be able to understand the charges against them — but many who can’t remain behind bars waiting for mental health treatment.
By
Cary Aspinwall
Feature
September 5
How Encounters With Police Can Lead to ICE Arrests — Even In Sanctuary Cities
Even without a formal agreement for police to help with immigration enforcement, the ways local and federal agencies work can result in ICE arrests.
By
Geoff Hing
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Man arrested in Charlie Kirk's killing
Turn away from political violence and division, Utah Gov. Cox urges
ICE officer fatally shoots man during traffic stop in Chicago suburb, authorities say
Trump plans to send National Guard to Memphis, escalating troop deployments
Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online
Autopsy sheds light on Byron Black's painful execution
The Prison Next Door
As ICE patrols DC, immigrant kids head to school on a ‘walking school bus’
Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is a Tragedy and a Disaster
The Epstein Birthday Book Is Even Worse Than You Might Realize
The Many Ways in Which the Caribbean Strike was Unlawful
How Do You Prove Your Citizenship?
Opinion
A 'last-ditch effort' to save death row inmate Robert Roberson includes author John Grisham
'Is being gay a crime?' Venezuelan makeup artist rebuilds life after 125 days in El Salvador prison
After 17 years, DNA tied a man to her rape. Under Massachusetts law, it was too late
‘The love that he gave everybody’: Family remembers Joseph McNeil at public viewing
These fired DOJ lawyers are finding new ways to make a difference : NPR
Analysis
September 5
Federal Cuts Disrupt Local Justice Programs, but Communities Push Forward
Programs that combat violence and support victims are thrown into chaos after the Trump administration ‘weaponized’ funding for its political goals.
By
Sophia Nabours
and
Geoff Hing
Feature
September 3
In Police Youth Program, Abuse Often Starts When Officers Are Alone With Teens in Cars
A quarter of sexual misconduct allegations in law enforcement Explorers programs involve officers grooming or abusing young people during ride-alongs.
By
Lakeidra Chavis
Closing Argument
August 30
From Surveillance to Robot Guards: How AI Could Reshape Prison Life
Critics worry about opaque data collection, privacy violations and the technology’s bias spreading in jails and prisons.
By
Rebecca McCray
Analysis
August 29
‘Zombie Prisons’: How ICE Detention Is Raising Troubling Facilities From the Dead
ICE needs more detention space, and it’s faster to open old facilities than to build new ones.
By
Shannon Heffernan