CHRIS VISIONS FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By Aulzue “Blue” Fields as told to Leah Rhyne This story was first published on September 23, 2021. When I hear household names like George Floyd, Walter Scott and Alton Sterling, I don’t land on the grisly videos of their...
Ms. Hochul wants to expand the list of crimes eligible for bail in New York, and give judges the power to consider the danger a defendant poses in setting bail for certain crimes. Gov. Kathy Hochul intends to include potential changes to the state’s bail law in the...
by Wendy Halloran, KUTV Thursday, March 17th 2022 4 VIEW ALL PHOTOS A 2News Investigation found the Utah Department of Corrections is going out of its way to make sure you don’t know about practices inside Utah’s Adult Probation and Parole system. (KUTV) WHAT ARE THEY...
Writing about people you encounter in prison carries special responsibilities. By Piper Kerman March 15, 2022 While I was doing time, the Federal Bureau of Prisons changed their smoking policy and the prison where I was locked up banned cigarettes. Of course,...
Teens at the Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. “This is child abuse,” one expert said. BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL, The Marshall Project; Erin Einhorn, NBC...
