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Civil rights lawyers call on Illinois to fire private prison health care company
By Shannon Heffernan On August 14, 2023 The state has paid Wexford Health Sources more than $1 billion, but about half the medical positions are unfilled. As their contract expires,…
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Stifling prison heat used to be just a Southern problem. Not anymore.
By Amanda Hernandez On August 14, 2023 Climate change has amplified heat-related struggles in more state prisons. While sweltering heat in prisons without air conditioning has long been an issue…
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Thanks to New Law, Pregnant Women Can Now Avoid Incarceration in Colorado
By Bennito Kelty On August 11, 2023 More than five years have passed since the world watched, aghast, at the video of Diana Sanchez giving birth alone in a Denver County…
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California prisons have a drug problem. A strip search policy takes aim at visitors
By Anabel Sosa On August 8, 2023 Renee Espinoza thought her first strip search at the hands of a California correctional officer would be her last. It happened during a…
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Thousands of Mass. police disciplinary records released by POST Commission
By Sarah Betancourt On August 22, 2023 A state commission released several thousand disciplinary records for law enforcement across Massachusetts on Tuesday in a long-awaited effortto improve police accountability. The…
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Police are Getting DNA Data from People Who Think They Opted Out
By Jordan Smith On August 18, 2023 Forensic genetic genealogists skirted GEDmatch privacy rules by searching users who explicitly opted out of sharing DNA with law enforcement. CECE MOORE, AN actress…
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Lawsuit: Colorado Police Tased A Black Man For Doing What?
By Noah A. McGee On August 22, 2023 Despite their pledge to rebuild trust after the unfortunate death of Elijah McClain three years ago, the Aurora Police Department is still being accused of participating…
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Baltimore Police should spend less time in their vehicles and more time on the street, report says
By Ben Conarck On August 15, 2023 Critical staffing shortages are preventing police from spending enough time getting to know the neighborhoods they patrol — a roadblock to regaining community…
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Texas state troopers are routinely stopping motorists of color in Austin, data shows
By Noah Alcala Bach On August 10, 2023 More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In…
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