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Closing Argument
How the Supreme Court Ruled Differently in Immigration and Criminal Justice Cases
Life Inside
What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of July?
Cleveland
‘I’m About to Die Here’: What a Power Outage and Heatwave Were Like in a Jail With No AC
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
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration
Immigration Detention
ICE
Undocumented immigrants
Deportation
Department of Justice
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
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
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
No holiday for ICE, as immigration raids continued on July 4
ICE prepares detention blitz with historic funding from Trump bill
Supreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South Sudan
Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials
Louisiana AG’s fights against exonerees' compensation are pointless, costly to taxpayers • Louisiana Illuminator
How Los Angeles Police Officers Broke Protocols and Injured Protesters
CPD Working to ‘Fix’ Problem That Led to 211K Undocumented Traffic Stops, Police Official Tells City Panel
Alleged rape of child by group home worker sparks scrutiny of Mass. welfare system
Death row inmate is not intellectually disabled, SC judge rules, clearing way for execution • SC Daily Gazette
Goodbye to All That
The Non-Exoneration of Diddy
ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp
Incoming DHS Intelligence Lead Promotes Unlawful Activities
Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.
42 Years After She Vanished, a Man She Was Seeing Is Charged in Her Murder
Julio César Chávez Jr., former world champion boxer, detained by ICE
The Serial Killer Expert Who Taught Bryan Kohberger
Birth behind bars: Ten years of U.S. jail births covered in the news highlight horrific experiences and minimal data collection
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
Analysis
June 20
He Spent Years in Federal Prisons. Now He’s Helping to Lead Them.
The Bureau of Prisons’ new deputy director’s past incarceration has drawn outrage from some officers — and support from people still inside.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Analysis
June 17
A North Carolina County Wanted New Court to Stem Its Opioid Crisis. Then Came Trump’s Cuts.
As the Justice Department slashes funding to programs across the U.S., Wilkes County’s planned recovery court was halted before it started.
By
Geoff Hing
Q&A
June 16
Have We Been Wrong About ‘Psychopaths’?
In a new book, Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen questions how courts and prisons use psychopathy diagnoses — and whether they should at all.
By
Maurice Chammah