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Closing Argument
‘Deliberate Indifference’: Court Rulings Challenge Extreme Heat Conditions in Prisons
Election 2024
Tim Walz on Criminal Justice: 5 Things to Know
Closing Argument
They Exposed Police Misconduct. Now They’re Paying a Steep Price.
Cleveland
August 1
These Private Centers Lack Oversight. Cuyahoga County Judges Send Kids Anyway.
Courts are increasingly sending children to private youth care centers, spending millions while detention center overcrowding persists.
By
Brittany Hailer
and
Mark Puente
Election 2024
August 1
Facing Rollbacks, Criminal Justice Reformers Argue Policies Make People Safer
Advocates are refining their rebuttal to “tough on crime” messaging: Don’t focus on punishment, but on reforms that improve public safety.
By
Shannon Heffernan
The Record
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2024 election
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Donald Trump
Kamala Harris
Minnesota
New York
Democrats
News Inside
August 1
Drawing Attention
News Inside Issue 17 features the opinions of justice-affected people on Trump’s felonies, and a nonfiction comic about death penalty mitigation.
By
Lawrence Bartley
Election 2024
July 31
What It Means to ‘Willie Horton’ a Political Candidate
Donald Trump supporters run their version of the original dog-whistle attack ad against Kamala Harris. Here’s the history.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Election 2024
July 31
Courts Cleared Jaleel Stallings. Trump’s Campaign Pulled Him Back Into the Political Muck.
Stallings was acquitted after an encounter with police during George Floyd protests in 2020, and one officer pleaded guilty to assaulting him.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Feature
July 30
This Company Promised to Improve Health Care in Jails. Dozens of Its Patients Have Died.
Turn Key Health Clinics has quickly expanded to jails in 10 states. Some of its policies and practices have endangered patients.
By
Cary Aspinwall
,
Brianna Bailey
and
Sachi Mcclendon
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
The Drug That Could Help End the Opioid Epidemic
Jan. 6 officers hit the road for Harris, hoping to make Trump lose another election
Are These Gun Safety Laws Helping to Reduce Violence?
How Trump’s “Mass Deportation” Plan Would Ruin America – Mother Jones
Tina Peters’ deputy details hunt for Mesa County “phantom voters”
Oklahoma death row inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn wants one thing: mercy
Rikers guard charged with rape while off duty has a string of accusations from detainees
Before gunfight with Dexter Reed, Chicago cops made 50 traffic stops in just 3 days
Judge keeps alive Vermont lawsuit that accuses police of force, discrimination against Black teen
Opinion
Still Cruel and Unusual: Extreme Sentences for Youth and Emerging Adults – The Sentencing Project
Ferguson at Ten: Ferguson’s Pound of Flesh
Opinion
Inside the Unchecked Bus Searches by South Carolina Police
What Drug Policy Advocates Want to See From a Kamala Harris Administration – Mother Jones
A former Seattle police officer files a $20 million claim against the city
Journalist Charged With Hate Crime for Covering Gaza Protest
Curtis Hunt was shot in Baltimore — and then prosecuted
Cops Used Facial Recognition on Lost iPhone Lock Screen to Find Post Office Robbers
Closing Argument
July 27
What These Decisions Tell Us About Kamala Harris’ Approach to Criminal Justice
From the death penalty to school truancy and diversion programs, here are some key steps Harris took as a district attorney and attorney general.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
July 26
Love Beyond Bars: Raymond and Cassandra
Raymond Flanks spent nearly 39 years in Louisiana lockups for a murder he didn’t commit. Luckily, he found love with an old friend, Cassandra Delpit.
Photographs by
Camille Farrah Lenain
As-told-to by
Carla Canning
Analysis
July 25
The Problem With Labeling Trump a ‘Felon’
Here’s why language used to describe any person convicted of crimes matters, and affects more than the former president.
By
Carroll Bogert
Analysis
July 25
Sending Unarmed Responders Instead of Police: What We’ve Learned
There are more than 100 response teams nationwide, but experts say more research on their impact is needed.
By
Christie Thompson