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Cleveland
How Ohio Prison Staff Open and Read Confidential Legal Mail
Closing Argument
These States Are Debating Castration for Sex Crimes. Experts Call It Cruel and Pointless.
Analysis
He Spent Years in Federal Prisons. Now He’s Helping to Lead Them.
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
The Record
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in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE raids
Immigration
Immigration Detention
Supreme Court
California
Closing Argument
June 14
The Feds Are Offering Migrants Cash to Self-Deport. Lawyers Call These Incentives Misleading.
The government’s offer to pay a stipend, waive fees, and let people return legally to the U.S. go against current law and court practices, immigration lawyers say.
By
Jamiles Lartey
and
Shannon Heffernan
Jackson
June 12
From Budget Chaos to Public Defenders: Mississippi Poised to Fund ‘Day 1’ Experiment
Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Cleveland
June 12
Cuyahoga Deputy Who Shot at Two Teens Was Deemed Unfit for Suburban Force
Deputy Isen Vajusi struggled with confidence, stress and field training before being forced out of the suburbs. He’s now on the sheriff’s downtown safety patrol.
By
Mark Puente
, The Marshall Project, and
Tara Morgan
, News 5 Cleveland
Analysis
June 9
What History Tells Us to Expect From Trump’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests
Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Joshua Smith, former inmate, named Bureau of Prisons deputy director
Appeals court blocks Newsom's bid to reclaim control of National Guard from Trump
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil ordered released by federal judge
ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits
ICE Detains U.S. Army Interpreter at Routine Asylum Hearing
New Hampshire passes law to protect gunmaker Sig Sauer
Caroline man pleads guilty to shooting Latino men because he thought they were immigrants
Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers
Sarah Stogner Elected Prosecutor in Texas Oil Country
Opinion
How past presidents paved the road for Trump's mass deportations
Juneteenth to an Incarcerated American
Opinion
Opinion
Concurrent Inspections of BOP Food Service Operations
Justice Dept. to Cut Gun-Sale Inspectors by Two-Thirds as It Moves to Downsize A.T.F.
ICE Immigration Raid Videos Show Two Visions of America
DOJ Seeks Lifetime Behind Bars for Jan. 6 Convict Pardoned By Trump
Feature
June 9
From New York to Arizona, More States Consider Curbing Drug Testing at Childbirth
Some bills followed an investigation by The Marshall Project and Reveal that exposed the harms of widespread drug testing of pregnant patients.
By
Shoshana Walter
Closing Argument
June 7
How AI-Powered Police Forces Watch Your Every Move
Artificial intelligence is changing how police investigate crimes — and monitor citizens — as regulators struggle to keep pace.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Feature
June 5
This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago
A violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with other support to keep high-risk teens out of jail.
By
Ryan Levi
and
Dan Gorenstein
News
June 3
Judge Stops Federal Prisons From Enforcing Trump’s Trans Care Ban, For Now
The district judge ordered the prison system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people as needed, while a lawsuit proceeds.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel