[ad_1] William “Billy” Marshall, the relatively unknown head of the West Virginia corrections department, has been selected to lead the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons, a Trump administration choice that took advocates for federal prison staff and incarcerated people aback Friday. President Trump made the announcement Thursday night on his Truth Social platform. “Billy is […]
Mortgage lender executive allegedly kills 88-year-old with R…
[ad_1] The president of a California mortgage lender is accused of drunkenly speeding through a red light in her Land Rover and plowing into another vehicle, killing an 88-year-old passenger. Serene Francie Rosenberg, 48, allegedly ran a red light and hit a Ford Transit van head-on in Dana Point — about 60 miles outside of […]
Can’t find an air filter amid the California fires? Here’s h…
[ad_1] Air quality in Southern California is dangerously bad because of the fires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter — in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The fires in Los Angeles have spewed smoke over the city for days. Air […]
Los Angeles Fires: Why California Prisoners Battle Flames De…
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. More than 900 incarcerated firefighters were responding as of Friday to the fires in Southern California, according to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials. In […]
While Youth Detention Numbers Rise, States Begin to Roll Bac…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 12.21.2024 Los Angeles County is one of many places that have struggled to maintain safe conditions for youth and seen reform efforts stall or be abandoned. In 2020, Los Angeles County approved reforms meant to close the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, pictured here in 2023, but this week local officials […]
California cheerleader Angelina Camillia Gonzales allegedly …
[ad_1] A suspect is in custody in connection to the brutal murder of a 17-year-old high school cheerleader who was found stabbed to death in California days before Christmas. The family of Angelina Camillia Gonzales claims the young woman’s ex-boyfriend is to blame. Gonzales’ family told local station KABC that her ex-boyfriend picked her up from a cheerleading banquet […]
Cops Took My Christmas Bike. Now I Give Kids the Freedom To …
[ad_1] Bicycles and the winter holiday season have always been tied up together for me. They speak to love, freedom and the loss of it, shame — and revolutionary acts of philanthropy by formerly incarcerated people. My earliest Christmas memory stars a deep purple bike with a banana seat and cruiser-style handlebars. It was 1960, […]
What It’s Like to Sleep in Prison: Moldy Mattresses, Bright …
[ad_1] Steven Backstrom was struggling to stay awake during his shift in the prison shoe factory. The machines could be dangerous if you weren’t paying attention, and he’d only slept about 3 ½ hours. Activity at the Clements Unit, a state prison in Amarillo, Texas, was always churning. Night after night, doors slammed and people […]
How Progressive Prosecutors Became Scapegoats
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. Nearly a decade ago, talk of so-called “progressive prosecutors” came onto the legal scene with all the flair and freshness of Beyonce’s “Lemonade” album or tickets […]
A Prison Rape Survivor Demands Smart, Safe and Humane Transf…
[ad_1] By Johanna Mills Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive “Life Inside” emailed to you every week. When the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced in April of this year that it was closing the federal women’s prison in Dublin, California, there were some people who […]