Out for Blood
Disregarding the Virus and Victims’ Families, Trump Rushes to Execute as Many People as Possible
With coronavirus cases on the rise in Indiana, the Trump administration carried out the first federal executions in 17 years.
Liliana Segura
Liliana Segura is an award-winning investigative journalist covering the U.S. criminal justice system, with a longtime focus on harsh sentencing, the death penalty, and wrongful convictions. She was previously an associate editor at the Nation Magazine, where she edited a number of award-winning stories and earned a 2014 Media for a Just Society Award for her writing on prison profiteering. While at The Intercept, Segura has received the Texas Gavel Award in 2016 and the 2017 Innocence Network Journalism Award for her investigations into convictions in Arizona and Ohio. In 2019 she was honored in the Abolitionist category of the Frederick Douglass 200, a recognition given by the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Segura has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, CNN International, Democracy Now!, and numerous other outlets. Her speaking engagements have included public interviews with authors such as Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post and Colorlines, and has been reprinted in outlets ranging from prison magazines to the anthologies "The Best American Legal Writing" and "Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You.” She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
The Coronavirus Brought Federal Prison Transfers to a Halt. Now People Are Stuck in Limbo.
People in BOP custody who were on their way to minimum-security camps have been stranded for months in holdover facilities with notoriously poor conditions.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How the Coronavirus Became a Death Sentence at a GEO Group Halfway House
Two men have died from Covid-19 at the GEO Group’s Leidel Center in Houston. A third died just after coming home.
Protests for Black Lives
The Movement for Black Lives Confronts the Confederate Legacy in Rural Tennessee
Inspired by the national Black Lives Matter movement, rural marches have also clearly been fueled by longstanding injustices in organizers’ own backyard.
The Coronavirus Crisis
GEO Group’s Blundering Response to the Pandemic Helped Spread Coronavirus in Halfway Houses
As GEO Group boasted to investors about its handling of the coronavirus, the company was scrambling to contain outbreaks.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As Coronavirus Spreads in Federal Prisons, Cases in Halfway Houses Are Being Undercounted
People at residential reentry centers say the Bureau of Prisons is compounding the risks of the virus through mismanagement, intransigence, and retaliation.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Reopening Missouri Amid the Pandemic Means Executing a Possibly Innocent Man
The coronavirus has stalled executions in other states, but Missouri intends to kill Walter Barton on May 19 — despite unresolved questions about his case.
The Coronavirus Crisis
The Life and Death of Jerry Givens, Virginia’s Executioner-Turned-Abolitionist
After killing 62 people in the death chamber, Givens became an activist against the death penalty. Then Covid-19 took his life.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As a Federal Halfway House Confirms Its First Covid-19 Case, Resident Who Raised Alarms Is Sent Back to Jail
Richard Carrillo believes he was jailed in retaliation for speaking publicly about inadequate protections from the coronavirus.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As Virus Spreads in Federal Prisons, People Inside Describe Chaos, While Families Are Left in the Dark
Despite plans laid out by the Bureau of Prisons, coronavirus remains a daily threat across its facilities.