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"Sastre and Viera said that ICE is likely targeting New Jersey because of their proximity to two large international airports which would allow ICE to quickly get people on a plane and deport them." From Victoria Elena Valenzuela documentedny.com/2024/11/20/ice…

Powerful essay from ChristopherBlackwell in NYT today—regret, trauma, and moving on from life-changing mistakes. nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opi…

In Alabama, the man frying chicken at KFC and the woman making beds at Holiday Inn could be a prisoner. The state earns millions leasing inmates to hundreds of companies, deeming them safe enough to work, but routinely denying them parole. apnews.com/article/prison…

This week on Reveal: what one correctional officer’s story tells us about the second-largest prison system in the country and how it’s failing to protect the people who live and work inside it. revealnews.org/podcast/a-whis…

Tarrant County Jail inmate died in custody following medical emergency, official says dallasnews.com/news/public-sa…

Ivana Hrynkiw Shatara John Archibald Venuri Siriwardane Sara Kielly @Elizabethweill & Ethan Corey analyzed prison commissary price lists in 46 states, finding inconsistent pricing, discrepancies in prices for goods inside vs. outside prisons, and “markups as high as 600%" – and put it all together in a public database theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

We analyzed digital records of Taser deployments at law enforcement agencies across Mississippi and found that officers frequently trigger their stun guns far beyond what is considered safe 🧵 The New York Times Mississippi Today nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/…

TennCare’s maternal death rates are 3x those of private insurance mlk50.co/4joHJt6

UVA and VCU Health, two of Virginia’s largest hospital systems, have confirmed they’ve stopped providing gender-affirming care for patients under 19. Both are in response to Trump’s executive order and AG guidance

ICE will no longer consider if "an alien is a victim of a crime...a positive discretionary factor" in determining whether to deport them, per new ICE memo leaked to me

To recap our new reporting: ICE detention centers are now at 109% capacity amid the spike in arrests under Pres. Trump. The agency is releasing some migrants. 160 in one day. ICE is looking to dramatically expand detention space, considering using Border Patrol tent sites.

The Eagles had more takeaways in a 6-minute span Sunday (2⃣) than the Ravens have in every Lamar Jackson playoff start since 2019 (1⃣). Wrote about the Ravens' absurd postseason turnover habits (⤵️), 4-man pass rush stats and the maybe-vulnerable Chiefs: thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/ravens-…

NEW: DOJ is threatening to prosecute a central New York sheriff. Sheriff has released a man ICE wanted to arrest, after the man completed his sentence. A constitutional scholar says "no basis in the law" for such charges, but the DOJ wants to spook. boltsmag.org/new-york-sheri…

With a tentative deal to end the New York prison guards strike reached, the future of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act is still very much up in the air.

New from Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 and me: The Louisiana ICE detention facility where immigration officials sent Mahmoud Khalil has a decades-long history of deaths and abuse, records show. theappeal.org/mahmoud-khalil…

Mahmoud Khalil is being detained at one of the most dangerous immigration jails in the country. ICE picked up Khalil, a permanent resident with a green card, in retaliation for his pro-Palestine activism. From Ethan Corey and me for The Appeal. theappeal.org/mahmoud-khalil…

New: the DOJ has terminated funding for legal programs that provide know-your-rights trainings and legal education + information to immigrants in immigration courts and detention center settings—and legal counsel to children in deportation proceedings.

A Guatemalan immigrant with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents shattered the glass on his vehicle as he and his wife waited inside the car for their lawyer to arrive. newbedfordlight.org/lawyer-federal…