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Texas Recruits High School Kids To Be Corrections Officers

Short on guards, the state hopes to attract students enrolled in corrections career training programs once they turn 18.

Texas Observer

One of the deadliest federal prison units is closing

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

WEKU

Biden's Proposed Assault Weapon Ban Is Unconstitutional, Unlikely, and Ineffectual

As usual, Biden's gun policy proposals bump up against reality.

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Sheriffs who see themselves as ultimate defenders of the Constitution are especially worried about gun rights

A gun control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois in January 2023 immediately faced opposition from a group key to the law’s enforcement: sheriffs. They are county-level, locally elected public officials who run jails, provide courthouse security, and, in many counties, are the primary providers of law enforcement…

The Conversation

Last Dance with Ann Richards: Best Texas Books of 2022

How Galvestonians used to dance until they dropped (for fun), a former figure skater turned journalist, and other Lone Star State stories.

Texas Observer

US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowding

Jails across the U.S. are suffering from overcrowding, violence and abuse

The Independent UK

A reporter's memoir of her jail time gets banned in Florida prisons

Keri Blakinger, a reporter with The Marshall Project, received word this week that the Florida state prison system placed her book, Corrections in Ink, on a temporary ban.

WEKU

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Border cities again post low crime numbers

Many Republicans have focused on immigration ahead of the midterms, often portraying border communities as dangerous and lawless.

Axios

FBI says U.S. violent crimes decreased in 2021 but data is missing

The figures from President Biden's first year come as Republicans seek to make crime a major issue before the midterms.

Axios

What’s Prison For? Concise diagnosis of a huge American problem

Bill Keller, once editor of the New York Times, now with the Marshall Project, shows how the US came to imprison so many of its citizens, disproportionately Black and brown, and how such a gross injustice might yet be addressed

The Guardian - US

In Mississippi, Dozens of Mentally Ill People Are Held in Jails While Awaiting Inpatient Treatment

While a new report highlights Mississippi's jailing of mentally ill people, the practice is common nationwide.

Reason

Decades after foster care, she learned she was owed benefits. Where did the money go?

After reading an investigation by NPR and the Marshall Project, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn't helping.

WEKU

Ramiro Gonzales: Texas court pauses execution after questions raised about expert testimony

Case featured in Marshall Project investigation co-published by ‘The Independent’

The Independent UK

This doctor helped send Ramiro Gonzales to death row – now he’s changed his mind

Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a threat to society, write Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger

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US mass shootings are getting deadlier and more common, analysis shows

The last five years have seen more mass shootings than any other comparable time span dating back to 1966

Axios

Sweeping reporting failures may compromise the FBI’s 2021 crime data

That could make it harder to analyze crime trends and fact check claims politicians make about crime.

The Guardian - US

The revival of Live PD is a potentially dangerous reality TV backslide

The police-embedded reality series, arguably one of the most irresponsible on TV, will return two years after it was cancelled with a cloud of concern

WEKU

How the newest federal prison became one of the deadliest

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths there.

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Five things to know about one of the deadliest federal prisons

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at a prison in Illinois. NPR and The Marshall Project uncovered violence, abuse and deaths there. Here are five takeaways.

Salon

Two decades of border stunts in Texas

Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott pushed border initiatives while kicking off re-election campaigns

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