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Jackson
Indicted Mississippi Prosecutor’s Latest Campaign Finance Report Rife With Errors
Life Inside
I Was Proud of My Gift of Gab. Then I Took a Communications Class Led by Fellow Prisoners.
Investigate This
Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have
Looking Back
July 17
The First Trans Prisoner Who Took Her Case All the Way to the Supreme Court
From her prison cell, Dee Farmer drafted the lawsuit that became one of the most cited cases of all time, Farmer v. Brennan.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Feature
July 15
Arrested, Shackled and Deported from Florida — Despite a Federal Court Order
A man was convicted and deported to Mexico, and at least 26 other people have been arrested under a Florida immigration law that officials were ordered not to enforce.
By
Shoshana Walter
,
Jill Castellano
and
Daphne Duret
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Department of Justice
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE
Immigration Detention
Undocumented immigrants
Immigration
migrants
Feature
July 14
Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row
At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
By
Leonora Lapeter Anton
Closing Argument
July 12
How the “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Change Criminal Justice and Immigration
The new law aims to shift much of the nation’s law enforcement toward immigration — and could reduce efforts to prevent violent crime.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News
July 11
Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons
The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
By
Joseph Shapiro
, NPR
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
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Vermont woman detained by Border Patrol agents and transferred to ICE custody
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans advance nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove as Democrats walk out
Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water
Justice Department says former officer convicted in Breonna Taylor raid should get one day in jail
Judge agrees to October execution date for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson
Florida attorney general reports wrongful charges under halted immigration law
Wyoming Is Now Requiring Would-be Voters to Document Their Citizenship
Nicknames, Notes and a Waddle: How Colorado Fought a Bank Robbery Surge
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Why Mass Deportation Is Doomed
The Abortion Prosecution No One Is Talking About
Bon Voyage Bongino?
The Situation: No, Don’t Release The Epstein Files
Cincinnati's Alternative Response Program works. Keep it
The Unending Disappearance of Jason Landry
Justice Dept. to Move Ahead With Bribery Case Against Cuellar
Cracking the code: Using genetic genealogy to unmask serial criminals
North Dakota Corrections working on 4 ‘mini prisons’ to relieve crowding • North Dakota Monitor
Everyone’s Obsessed With True Crime. Even Prisoners Like Me.
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
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