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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit trying to overturn the South Carolina prison system’s baning on-camera, in-person interviews with inmates or recording their phone calls for broadcast

Participants in the unique program said the financial support helped, but symbolism of program was just as important, writes Josh Marcus

ProPublica obtained a recording of a call that the First Liberty Institute held with donors. [For full disclosure, I have spoken at several First Liberty events.] As readers of this blog likely know, First Liberty has litigated landmark religious liberty cases before the Supreme Court, including Kennedy v. Bremerton School…

Plaintiffs in complaint says ‘it’s hard to see a future’ after bill blocked care for trans youth and adults in May

The Government Accountability Office issued a report in April documenting instances of migrants losing birth certificates, cash and clothing

The report states that the abuses described by detainees "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment"

The Texas ACLU claims the data "lacks context" and says the administration is putting forward "a pattern of voter intimidation"

The amicus briefs come from several organizations and people, some liberal (e.g., the ACLU), some conservative, and some apolitical.

A debate on a very important Fourth Amendment ruling.

Gov. Tony Evers is urging a federal judge not to make any changes at Wisconsin's youth prison after a counselor was killed during a fight there

The LGBTQ community’s long history with law enforcement is so troubled and violent that organizers at some recent Pride parades decided to ban police from marching in the parade.