[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? Sign up for future newsletters. This week, the Department of Justice announced that it would begin pulling back from police reform efforts in eight law enforcement agencies across the country, […]
Linda Yablonsky reports from Frieze New York 2025
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The time has come for New Yorkers to trust the subway again
[ad_1] On back-to-back nights last week, I bumped into two New Yorkers made famous by the subway: Lenore Skenazy and Daniel Penny. Skenazy rose to prominence in 2008 as “America’s Worst Mom” for letting her 9-year-old son ride the 6 train alone; Penny in 2023 for restraining Jordan Neely, a repeat offender menacing other passengers, in a headlock that […]
How I Changed My Violent Prison Life by First Quitting Soda
[ad_1] By the time I was 24 years old, my life was in complete shambles. I had long-standing substance abuse problems that destroyed my marriage to my high school sweetheart and ruined a promising military career. Once divorced and ejected from the military, I sold drugs and trafficked guns. My addiction and illegal business culminated […]
Trump May Abandon Federal Police Oversight From New York to …
[ad_1] One of the Justice Department’s goals under President Joe Biden was to investigate some of the nation’s most troubled police agencies, including the ones responsible for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols. Two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the prospect of federal oversight appears likely to disappear in […]
New York’s Prison Guard Discipline Problems and Robert Brook…
[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. The videos show a brutal assault: In December, New York corrections officers beat, kicked and choked a handcuffed Robert Brooks, 43, inside the medical unit at […]
Life Inside, Remixed: Inside the Underground Economy of Soli…
[ad_1] During a two-year stint in New York state prisons, Matthew Azzano reported on the ingenious way men in segregated housing units trade precious commodities such as snacks, stamps and soap. They tie these items onto “fishing” lines they’ve made out of ripped sheets, towels and clothes and toss them from cell to cell. “Human […]
Serial shoplifter accused of stealing from Times Square stor…
[ad_1] A serial shoplifter who’s been arrested nearly 100 times was busted in Times Square after resorting to his old ways — on the same day was released from jail, authorities and sources said. Christopher Dornfeld, 33, was let loose after his most recent arrest and expected to report for residential treatment, but when he didn’t show […]
Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients Is Discriminatory, Lawsuit…
[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. Last week, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to file suit against a hospital for drug testing patients who give birth. The lawsuit, […]
How Faulty Drug Tests Can Make You Lose Custody of Your Baby
[ad_1] Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now — pregnant with her fifth child — she felt a hard-won confidence in herself as a mother. Then she ate a salad from Costco. It was her final meal before going to Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Rosa, in northern California, […]