By Conrad Wilson (OPB) Feb. 11, 2022 9:46 a.m. Inmates describe the Sheridan prison complex in crisis, unable to meet not just health care, but other basic needs, like clean laundry and sanitary food prep. Dire conditions inside the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon,...
BY DAHLIA LITHWICK FEB 16, 20221:23 PM Walter Dellinger testifying at a House Rules Committee hearing July 16, 2014. Win McNamee/Getty Images Twenty years ago this June, Walter Dellinger, who identified himself as “a Duke University law professor and a Washington...
February 16, 20225:00 AM ET CARRIE JOHNSON Twitter The federal courthouse in Brooklyn is seen on Feb. 4, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images Federal prosecutors have been seeking to limit defendants’ rights to win compassionate release from prison in plea...
The Intercept mapped climate risks for 6,500 detention facilities. In some already miserable places, the suffering is set to intensify. WITH FLAMES BEARING down on the remote California town of Susanville in August 2021, residents were getting ready to evacuate. The...
The Association’s funding sources and political affiliations are suspect. That hasn’t stopped them from lobbying Congress and tanking police reforms. BY JESSICA PISHKO FEB 11, 202212:07 PM Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb speaks at the Rally to Protect Our Elections...