The horrific death of Lashawn Thompson last year and the frenzy around Trump's booking have propelled the Fulton County Jail into the national spotlight. But heightened scrutiny has done nothing to improve conditions at the facility, which is deadlier than ever, reports @elizabethweill.bsky.social.
A horrific death and the high-profile booking of former President Donald Trump propelled Georgiaâs Fulton County Jail into the national spotlight. But heightened scrutiny has done nothing to improve...
New from @nickwing.bsky.social@theappeal.bsky.social: Incarcerated people are some of the most vulnerable victims of climate change. They're trapped in concrete and steel buildings with no say over what they wear, the temperatures of their showers, or how much cold water they can access.
As advocates fight to provide relief to incarcerated people, officials are resisting many measures that could help prisoners combat the heat.
In the face of a warming future, advocates are fighting against political and bureaucratic resistance to provide relief to incarcerated people who are now among the earliest and most vulnerable victims of this crisis. Read more from @elizabethweill.bsky.social@nickwing.bsky.social.
As advocates fight to provide relief to incarcerated people, officials are resisting many measures that could help prisoners combat the heat.
âI could offer a kind of equation for leftists and liberals crossing over to the neofascist and authoritarian right that goes something like: narcissism (grandiosity) + social media addiction + midlife crisis á public shaming = rightwing meltdown.â
For years the writer laughed off being mistaken for fellow author Naomi Wolf. Then her âdoubleâ drifted into a world of conspiracy theories and became a favoured guest of Steve Bannon and Tucker C...
âThe true situation of what happened, the number of cops involved in harming him, and the number of cops involved in covering it up was so massive that it wouldnât have quieted the protests in the same way as saying that it was something that happened while the van was moving.â There it is.
I had the honor of interviewing journalist @jewstein3000.bsky.social, author of the new book, "They Killed Freddie Gray," for this week's @theappeal.bsky.social newsletter. âThe prosecution suffered the usual pro-cop bias even though they were charging cops," she told me.
In her new book, âThey Killed Freddie Grayâ, Justine Barron reveals much of what the public has believed about Grayâs death is incorrect.
Such an honor to share a byline with one of my favorite reporters and editors @nickwing.bsky.social.
In the face of a warming future, advocates are fighting against political and bureaucratic resistance to provide relief to incarcerated people who are now among the earliest and most vulnerable victims of this crisis. Read more from @elizabethweill.bsky.social & @nickwing.bsky.social.
As advocates fight to provide relief to incarcerated people, officials are resisting many measures that could help prisoners combat the heat.
"Having this personal connection to nature felt special," Christopher Blackwell writes of his chance encounter with a family of nesting barn swallows. "For a few minutes, I could feel like a part of something much bigger than the closed world of this penitentiary."
The birds quickly became the talk of the unit. Suddenly, everyone an ornithologist, claiming to know whether barn swallows were endangered.
Florida prison staff are confiscating newspapers because they are afraid incarcerated people will use the word puzzles to send coded messages to each other. theappeal.org/florida-pris...
Officials asserted that the puzzle, which appears next to the crossword, âmay be used to create coded messages indecipherable by staff.â
I had the honor of interviewing journalist @jewstein3000.bsky.social@theappeal.bsky.social newsletter. âThe prosecution suffered the usual pro-cop bias even though they were charging cops," she told me.
In her new book, âThey Killed Freddie Grayâ, Justine Barron reveals much of what the public has believed about Grayâs death is incorrect.
A Florida prison refused to deliver copies of a local newspaper to an incarcerated subscriber, claiming that a puzzle game in the publication âmay be used to create coded messages indecipherable by staff.â
Officials asserted that the puzzle, which appears next to the crossword, âmay be used to create coded messages indecipherable by staff.â