By John J. Lennon Mr. Lennon, a contributing editor for Esquire, has been incarcerated since 2002. FALLSBURG, N.Y. — In 2017, I was sitting in on a Columbia University course at Sing Sing. I heard that Elias Alcantara, a former White House aide in the Obama...
Sandra Castaneda spent 19 years in prison for a murder she did not commit. Composite: Castaneda family, Getty Images Sandra Castaneda’s just one of many immigrants detained by the US for their criminal records – even when the cases were dismissed Sam Levin in Los...
BY LUKE NOZICKA UPDATED APRIL 29, 2022 3:58 PM The Chillicothe Correctional Center, a women’s prison operated by Missouri Department of Corrections in Chillicothe, Missouri. A federal jury in Kansas City has awarded $5 million to each of four women who alleged they...
Neither plan went off precisely as expected. By Elizabeth Bruenig MAY 2, 2022 About the author: Elizabeth Bruenig is a staff writer at The Atlantic. On a recent Thursday night in America, April 21, two different states planned to preside over the execution of two...
An incarcerated writer reflects on what her “going home” story will look like when home no longer exists. This piece is a commentary, part of The Appeal’s collection of opinion and analysis. My name is Jessica Phoenix Sylvia, and I am a trans woman who has...
Challengers and organizers have blamed Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern for deaths and dangerous conditions that have occurred on his watch at the local California jail. Piper French | April 29, 2022 (Alameda County Sheriff’s Office) April 29, 2022...
