How Biden Can Bring Hope to Prisons Like Mine

How Biden Can Bring Hope to Prisons Like Mine

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...
Two Executions on a Thursday in America

Two Executions on a Thursday in America

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...
Deaths and Neglect Behind Bars Magnify Oakland’s Sheriff Race

Deaths and Neglect Behind Bars Magnify Oakland’s Sheriff Race

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...