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Feature
Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row
Closing Argument
How the “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Change Criminal Justice and Immigration
News
Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons
Closing Argument
July 5
How the Supreme Court Ruled Differently in Immigration and Criminal Justice Cases
In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system.
By
Rebecca McCray
Life Inside
July 4
What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of July?
In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.
Reported by
Martin Garcia
,
Aala Abdullahi
,
Beth Schwartzapfel
,
Rebecca McCray
,
Annaliese Griffin
,
Nicole Lewis
,
Brittany Hailer
and
Louis Fields
Edited by
Akiba Solomon
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE
Immigration
Department of Justice
Immigration Detention
ICE raids
Undocumented immigrants
Cleveland
July 3
‘I’m About to Die Here’: What a Power Outage and Heatwave Were Like in a Jail With No AC
Cuyahoga County officials say no one incarcerated in the jail needed treatment for heat illness. People inside say it was life-threatening.
By
Doug Livingston
and
Brittany Hailer
Jackson
July 2
‘Hold People Accountable’: Why Mississippi Courts Must Now Produce Public Defense Plans
The state Supreme Court wants to know how local courts provide lawyers, if any, to poor people after their arrest.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Feature
July 1
Why a Prison Town That Voted for Trump Is Fighting an Immigration Detention Facility
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
By
Cary Aspinwall
Closing Argument
June 28
How ‘Coercive Control’ Is Expanding Domestic Abuse Laws in Several States
The concept takes into account nonphysical tactics abusers use to trap their partners. But some worry the new laws will hurt victims.
By
Alysia Santo
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Alligator Alcatraz housing migrants with no convictions
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
Emil Bove declines to rule out 3rd Trump term or denounce Jan. 6 rioters in Senate questionnaire
Teaching Men Who Will Never Leave Prison
Footage of Inmate Suicide Captures Dysfunction on Rikers Island
This Illinois Reform May Bring Relief to Overworked Public Defenders
Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists
Schools turn to courts too often to support struggling kids
Texas contradicts itself in redistricting case
Opinion
A Month After the Minnesota Shootings, We’re Normalizing Political Violence
Transcript: Stephen Miller Rages at Low Arrests—and Wrecks a MAGA Scam
The Situation: The Case of Erez Reuveni
Unfit to Serve: Jeanine Pirro Made Excuses for Jan. 6th
Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions
Two prosecutors from former special counsel Jack Smith's office fired
Nursing homes face staffing crunch as Trump's immigration policies disrupt workforce
Charges dropped against Utah doctor who trashed COVID vaccine doses
Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings?
Life Inside
June 27
Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Island
Social worker Justyna Rzewinski saw people with mental illness “deadlocked” in their cells for months without sunlight, human contact — or medication.
By
Justyna Rzewinski
St. Louis
June 26
Judges in Missouri Can Levy Death if Juries Deadlock. Some Say the Law Is Unconstitutional.
Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.
By
Katie Moore
Cleveland
June 23
How Ohio Prison Staff Open and Read Confidential Legal Mail
An anti-drug smuggling policy has slowed the delivery of time-sensitive court documents as prison staff read letters protected by attorney-client privilege.
By
Doug Livingston
Closing Argument
June 21
These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.
Critics say there’s no evidence that castration prevents future sex offenses. Yet several states are weighing such measures.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper