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Biden border plan faces breakdown amid record influx of families (ghostarchive.org)
A Lab Test That Experts Liken to a Witch Trial Is Helping Send Women to Prison for Murder in Multiple U.S. States (www.propublica.org)
The “lung float” test claims to help determine if a baby was born alive or dead, but many medical examiners say it’s too unreliable. Yet the test is still being used to bring murder charges — and get convictions....
What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail? (www.theguardian.com)
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
Man dies while in custody at Rikers Island on same day new scathing report released by federal monitor (www.cbsnews.com)
Boston City Council approves police intelligence unit funding despite progressive pushback (www.wbur.org)
The vote caps off a political fight that’s pitted the body’s left wing against Mayor Michelle Wu, who was once the council’s progressive standard-bearer....
Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Temperatures in Oklahoma Prisons (oklahomawatch.org)
Tonya Wilson Peel, a former correctional case manager at Dick Conner who worked alongside Lanford during her employment at the prison, said he had a sharp sense of humor and loved his job making license plates for the State of Oklahoma. She said Lanford had complained of excessive heat for several weeks leading up to his death...
The use of jailhouse snitches in Orange County bungled at least 57 criminal cases, public defender says (ghostarchive.org)
Defense attorneys said last year they believe 21 defendants accused of murder and other serious felonies were affected by the scandal and had their convictions vacated, sentences reduced or new trials ordered. It was around that time the U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division found that the Orange County...
Liberty University broke safety laws for years, government asserts (ghostarchive.org)
Liberty failed to warn the campus community about gas leaks, bomb threats and people credibly accused of repeated acts of sexual violence — including a senior administrator and an athlete — according to the report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. Two people familiar with the conclusions, who spoke on the...
Indianapolis police shootings highest in years. What is going on? (www.indystar.com)
Paywall on this one was a bit stubborn, so best workaround I have is this screenshot - lemmy.world/…/844c7b3f-86cb-4c69-92b1-5b55d541e69…...
Schools Report Bomb Threats Following Libs of Tiktok Anti-LGBTQ Posts (www.vice.com)
At least eleven schools or school districts that were targeted by the account “Libs of TikTok” over anti-LGBTQ grooming conspiracies last month received bomb threats just days later....
In Illinois, a system meant to protect against elder financial exploitation is failing (www.injusticewatch.org)
ICE releases gay mom from custody in Louisiana after 6 years: Immigrant from El Salvador was twice granted asylum in U.S. (lailluminator.com)
Jailed by the Thousands, Without Charges, to Act as Witnesses (web.archive.org)
Several months ago, as a federal judge worked through a docket of smuggling cases in the bustling border city of Laredo, Texas, three people were escorted into the courtroom....
Over 60 percent of Gen Z have an anxiety disorder (thehill.com)
Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund (azluminaria.org)
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
Minneapolis poised to give $145k settlement to MPD officer involved in beating - Minnesota Reformer (minnesotareformer.com)
In the two years following Floyd’s murder, 144 MPD officers were awarded workers’ compensation settlements totaling over $22.2 million....
Migrants Booted from NYC Shelter Into Pummeling Rain (www.thecity.nyc)
At the Jefferson Street shelter, migrants were left to face the deluge while carrying what possessions they could, before the city eventually reversed course
These Prisoners Are Training AI : In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. (www.wired.com)
Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden worries that the “extreme” US supreme court, dominated by rightwing justices, cannot be relied upon to uphold the rule of law....
In Los Angeles' Men’s Central Jail, fires are common, smoke alarms are not: Smells 'like a campfire' (www.latimes.com)
Men who’ve spent time in the 60-year-old downtown Los Angeles lockup say inmates are given cold food every day of the week — so sometimes they start blazes to heat it or cook their own. Other times, they use clandestine fires to warm their coffee, light contraband cigarettes or drugs, create jailhouse air freshener or just...
North Carolina Prison staffer sounds alarm on solitary confinement, overcrowding (ncnewsline.com)
A prison so packed that people on suicide watch are sleeping in 5-by-5-foot holding cages. A disabled Vietnam veteran sent to segregation after his peers attacked him. Incarcerated people spending months in solitary confinement, not because of misconduct inside the prison, but because they’re waiting for a bed to become...
Help me death (www.florkofcows.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned....
Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle (www.mlive.com)
NavyNavy fires commanding officer of ballistic missile submarine Alabama (www.navytimes.com)
Rear Adm. Nicholas Tilbrook relieved Cmdr. Michael Lyle due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.”
Biden makes a historic trip to Michigan to walk the picket line to show solidarity with striking UAW -- and counter Trump (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden is set to join members of the United Auto Workers union Tuesday in Wayne County, Michigan, walking the picket line on the eve of a visit from former President Donald Trump....
Biden to walk the picket line in Michigan to support UAW strikers (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday and walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union, he announced Friday, a trip that comes after the president faced political pressure to ramp up his public support for the union members....
Migrants' DNA is fueling a massive expansion of the FBI's genetic database (www.motherjones.com)
Migrants' DNA is fueling a massive expansion of the FBI's genetic database (www.motherjones.com)
Top Biden adviser was advising Madigan on #MeToo crisis while her firm was helping woman suing former speaker (chicago.suntimes.com)
A top adviser to President Joe Biden, whose prominent communications firm helped launch a high-profile effort to assist victims of sexual harassment, rape and assault, was also a paid adviser to a powerful Illinois politician while he was being sued by one of those victims....
Senators clash with US prisons chief over transparency, seek fixes for problem-plagued agency (apnews.com)
New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students (www.propublica.org)
U.S. probing prosecutions of migrants from Muslim-majority countries exposed by Times investigation (web.archive.org)
The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into the federal government’s use of a little-known law to disproportionately prosecute and imprison migrants from Muslim-majority countries....
Families say inmates who protested over drinking water at Stillwater prison are being retaliated against (www.minnpost.com)
Starfield "can't shoot" bug can be fixed by using the character creator (www.eurogamer.net)
State tells Baltimore jail monitor to stop talking to doctors, amps up legal defense (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Revealed: how US immigration uses fake social media profiles across investigations (www.theguardian.com)
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns (apnews.com)