Judge Tried to Send Immunocompromised Homeless Man Accused of Stealing Blankets to Rikers
One court hearing showed how, despite a worsening crisis at Rikers Island, prosecutors and judges keep trying to send people to the notorious jail complex.
Justice
Israel’s War on Gaza
Israeli Diplomat Pressured UNC to Remove Teacher Who Criticized Israel
An Israeli consul general baselessly accused a graduate student of antisemitism and said she shouldn’t teach a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Coronavirus Crisis
“Precarity”: A Short Film on Women Working in the Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women, particularly women of color.
Federal Prisons' Switch to Scanning Mail Is a Surveillance Nightmare
The Bureau of Prisons has piloted a program that can give authorities “huge secret intelligence into the public sender of postal mail.”
One Bill in Texas Legislature Would Ease Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons. Another Makes It Worse.
With the climate crisis at hand, one bill requires air conditioning in prisons, while another would take it away from detained immigrants.
Hurricane Ida Prison Evacuations in Louisiana Left People Without Medication in Bird-Infested Shelter
In a letter, rights groups said incarcerated people were subjected to "dirty and unsafe" conditions during evacuations for Hurricane Ida.
Conservatives Only Care About the Incarcerated When It Comes to the Capitol Rioters
Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene decried jail conditions in D.C. but remain silent about a settlement in Prince George’s County.
The War on Immigrants
In Targeting Haitians, Biden May Execute the Largest Mass Expulsion of Asylum-Seekers in Recent History
“This is anti-Black racism in our immigration policy. Period.”
Death on Rikers: Isa Abdul Karim Sued Over Previous Jail Mistreatment, Then Landed Back There and Caught Covid
Jailed for a parole violation, Karim, the 11th person to die at the jails this year, suffered violence and neglect on Rikers.
Voices
Four Months Ago, Biden Said Haiti Wasn’t Safe. Now He’s Deporting Thousands There.
The Biden administration is using a Trump-era policy to justify mass deportations — only Biden is doing it at a faster pace.