Locked Inside a Freezing Federal Jail, They United to Protest Their Conditions — Only to Face Reprisals
In some units where incarcerated people protested, the toilets were shut off — leaving them sleeping next to their own feces.
Nick Pinto
Nick Pinto is a journalist living in Brooklyn. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Gothamist, the Village Voice, and elsewhere.
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The Power Is Back on at Brooklyn Jail, but a Visiting Federal Judge Found Untreated Gunshot Wound, “Black Blotchy Mold,” and Ongoing Crisis
A spate of court hearings relating to a federal jail revealed a humanitarian crisis that goes beyond freezing temperatures and a power outage.
“‘Vicious’ And ‘Brutal’” — Life Inside a Freezing Federal Prison With No Heat
Inside accounts are seeping out of a New York prison where hundreds of people have been incarcerated without heat as the city endured arctic weather.
The War on Immigrants
A Member of Congress Tried to Go to an Immigration Activist’s ICE Check-in. ICE Tried to Block Her.
”It’s a way for ICE to continue doing their work in the shadows, like secret police. It’s much easier to detain someone when nobody’s watching.“
The War on Immigrants
Can ICE Legally Force Immigrants to Cheer for Donald Trump?
Next week, a court will decide whether ICE can target an immigrant just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
The War on Immigrants
Trump Administration Says Deportable Immigrants Can’t Go to the Courts — Even If Their First Amendment Rights Are Violated
An activist says he was targeted for deportation because of First Amendment-protected speech. The government says he can't have a day in court.
The War on Immigrants
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Church Because ICE Separates Families Every Day
Sanctuary was an alternative to an impossible choice: dash her American son’s dreams of working for NASA, or allow herself to be deported without him.
NYPD Disputes Gang Database Numbers — but Its Math Doesn’t Add Up
“Those same individuals once subjected to the degradation of multiple stops and frisks are now instead stigmatized as dangerous gang members.”
The War on Immigrants
ICE Is Targeting Political Opponents for Deportation, Ravi Ragbir and Rights Groups Say in Court
ICE unconstitutionally suppresses political dissent by targeting activists for surveillance and deportation, the lawsuit says.
The War on Immigrants
NYPD Says It Wasn't an "Escort" When Police Accompanied ICE to Deport Activist Ravi Ragbir
“Your cars were present during the trip, but you don’t call that an escort?"