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.
Justice
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.
Lawmakers Take On Militarization of Police in Defense Budget Talks
Biden failed to take action on the Pentagon’s 1033 program. Now four lawmakers have proposed NDAA amendments that would limit or end it.
At Rikers Island, Inmates Locked in Showers Without Food and Defecating in Bags
Two years of fearmongering over criminal justice reform led to a humanitarian crisis at the notorious New York City jails.
The 9/11 Wars
An FBI Informant's Unlikely Role in Upcoming Supreme Court Case on Surveillance of Muslims
Craig Monteilh's affidavit is central to one of the most significant legal challenges to the FBI’s post-9/11 surveillance of Muslims.
The 9/11 Wars
How Post-9/11 Visions of an Imperiled Homeland Supercharged U.S. Immigration Enforcement
Two decades on, the creation of DHS stands out as the most significant domestic consequence of the war on terror.
FBI Pressured U.S. Resident to Sign Away His Green Card, Forcing Him Into Exile
Akram Djumaev's 2016 encounter with federal agents at the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan is the subject of a new lawsuit.