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Plaintiffs in High-Profile Redistricting Case Urge Judges to Toss Out Alabama’s Controversial Congressional Map
By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Published 12:22 PM EDT, Sat July 29, 2023 Civil rights groups representing plaintiffs in a high-profile congressional redistricting case are urging a federal court in Alabama to…
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Albany Police Block Misconduct Investigations, Neutering Landmark Oversight Law
By Chris Gelardi and Naina Purushothaman On August 2, 2023 Albany empowered its community oversight board. But the police department and the city’s top attorney are stonewalling. AT A JUNETEENTH celebration…
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NOPD use of facial recognition leads to zero arrests in nine months
By Michael Isaac Stein On July 26, 2023 Facial recognition technology that has been touted as an important tool to reduce violent crime in the city was used by the…
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Blacks and Latinos Are Half of L.A. Population—but 80 Percent of Arrests
By Tori Otten On July 27, 2023 A new study sheds light on the disproportionate rate of arrests in the second-biggest city in America. Los Angeles city police arrest a…
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Court strikes down limits on filming of police in Arizona
On July 22, 2023 PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording law enforcement is unconstitutional, citing infringement…
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Their Families Said They Needed Treatment. Mississippi Officials Threw Them in Jail Without Charges.
By Isabelle Taft, Mollie Simon, ProPublica and Agnel Philip, ProPublica July 27, 2023 In Mississippi, serious mental illness or substance abuse can land you in jail, even if you aren’t charged with a crime.…
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Bill to Ban Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons Introduced in House
By Erik Ortiz July 27, 2023, 11:01 AM EDT / Updated July 27, 2023, 12:06 PM EDT The End Solitary Confinement Act would prohibit isolating inmates and detainees with limited exceptions while ensuring…
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Connecticut Has Done Something Remarkable With Crime
BY WAYNE D’ORIO JULY 27, 2023 In 1999 Connecticut had so many people in prison that it paid to send 500 of them to be incarcerated in Virginia. Nearly 25 years…
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How One Alabama County Declared War on Pregnant Women Who Use Drugs
By AMY YURKANIN July 26th, 2023 Chelsea Stewart waited on the bench of a north Alabama court in early 2019, holding tight to the big news she hoped might get her…
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