<p>Fentanyl Pipeline: How a Chinese Prison Helped Fuel a Deadly Drug Crisis in the United States<br>—</p><p>While China enforces strict laws against domestic drug trafficking, state-supported companies have openly shipped fentanyl to the U.S., investigators say. One prison-owned chemical company boasted online: “100% of our shipments will clear customs.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/china-fentanyl-prison-yafeng-illegal-drug-trade?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/china-fentanyl-prison-yafeng-illegal-drug-trade?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">na-fentanyl-prison-yafeng-illegal-drug-trade?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
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<p>Over the past 27 years, nine prisoners have been set free after being convicted in part on inaccurate evidence given by an infamous forensic pathologist and dentist team.</p><p>Duncan was the last person awaiting an execution based on the pair’s work.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jimmie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jim</span><span class="invisible">mie-duncan-murder-conviction-nullified-death-row?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/court/" rel="tag">#Court</a> <a href="/tags/judge/" rel="tag">#Judge</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>Sarkozy annonce publier un livre sur son expérience en prison, sobrement intitulé "Le journal d’un prisonnier", pour raconter ses trois semaines d'incarcération après sa condamnation en première instance dans l'affaire Kadhafi. Le livre sortira aux éditions Fayard, appartenant à Bolloré. Pour le moment, on ignore si l'ex-président a prévu une suite à ce premier opus... </p><p><a href="/tags/politique/" rel="tag">#Politique</a> <a href="/tags/sarkozy/" rel="tag">#Sarkozy</a> <a href="/tags/litterature/" rel="tag">#Litterature</a> <a href="/tags/livre/" rel="tag">#Livre</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/proces/" rel="tag">#Proces</a></p>
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<p>The exodus of corrections officers from federal prisons to ICE comes amid shortages of critical supplies, from food to personal hygiene items, for both staff and inmates.</p><p>It threatens to make the already grim conditions in these prisons even worse.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-bop-federal-prisons-corrections-officers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/union/" rel="tag">#Union</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a></p>
<p>Louisiana’s governor eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those arrested before.</p><p>Then he tossed those rules aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-parole-deportation-jeff-landry-operation-geaux?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.<br>—</p><p>Community mental health centers, counties and a state agency have reported vastly different numbers of people who spent time in jail while waiting to be treated for serious mental illness.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mississippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">sissippi-law-mental-health-jailings-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mississippi/" rel="tag">#Mississippi</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>Through scandals, failed state inspections and even the illegal use of seclusion to punish children, Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name.</p><p>Only three board members had the power to remove him. Yet for decades, those positions have been held down by his closest friends and allies.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/richard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ric</span><span class="invisible">hard-l-bean-tennessee-detention-center-board?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>If you work at a federal prison and know about wrongdoing, we want to hear from you.</p><p>We’re especially interested in tips about the priorities of the Bureau of Prisons’ leadership, contracting and budget decisions, concerns about wrongdoing or abuses of power, and any info you can share to paint a fuller picture of what’s going on inside the bureau.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/bop-bureau-prisons" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/getinvolved/bop-bureau-prisons"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/getinvolved</span><span class="invisible">/bop-bureau-prisons</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work<br>—</p><p>GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">-group-ice-detainees-wage?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/migrants/" rel="tag">#Migrants</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Utah Ex-Therapist Scott Owen Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Abusing Patients<br>—</p><p>Owen’s 15-year-to-life prison term follows a 2023 investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica that uncovered a range of sex abuse allegations against the ex-therapist, who claimed to be a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/scott-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sco</span><span class="invisible">tt-owen-utah-therapist-sexual-abuse-prison-sentence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/utah/" rel="tag">#Utah</a> <a href="/tags/therapy/" rel="tag">#Therapy</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/lds/" rel="tag">#LDS</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.<br>—</p><p>A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm Black people — and may even be unconstitutional.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tig</span><span class="invisible">er-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#CECOT</a> <br>==</p><p>We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration.</p><p>Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw. </p><p>All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump</span></a></p>
<p>The DOJ has halted lawsuits accusing Louisiana of keeping prisoners locked up long after they were meant to be released and South Carolina of institutionalizing thousands of mentally ill people — sometimes for decades — in violation of federal law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-civil-rights-lawsuits-halted-louisiana-south-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/southcarolina/" rel="tag">#SouthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/mentalillness/" rel="tag">#MentalIllness</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>
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<p>What One Man’s 45-Year-Old Case Tells Us About the “Jim Crow Juries” Haunting Louisiana<br>---</p><p>Today, a split verdict would mean a mistrial. But in 1980s Louisiana, when nonunanimous juries were still legal, 19-year-old Lloyd Gray, a Black man, was sentenced to prison for life — even though the only two Black jurors had voted not guilty.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lloyd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/llo</span><span class="invisible">yd-gray-louisiana-split-juries-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a></p>
<p>Doftana Prison, Romania. This vast fortress-like penitentiary has housed inmates during some of the most turbulent periods in Romania’s history. Today, it stands derelict and collapsing, a haunting reminder of the terrible conditions offenders were once incarcerated in. </p><p>More history and photos from my visit - <a href="https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/doftana-prison-romania/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/military/doftana-prison-romania/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.obsidianurbexphotography.c</span><span class="invisible">om/military/doftana-prison-romania/</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/romania/" rel="tag">#Romania</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/ruins/" rel="tag">#Ruins</a> <a href="/tags/phorography/" rel="tag">#Phorography</a> <a href="/tags/doftana/" rel="tag">#Doftana</a> <a href="/tags/urbanexploration/" rel="tag">#UrbanExploration</a> <a href="/tags/urbex/" rel="tag">#Urbex</a> <a href="/tags/explore/" rel="tag">#Explore</a> <a href="/tags/dark/" rel="tag">#Dark</a> <a href="/tags/darktourism/" rel="tag">#DarkTourism</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/jail/" rel="tag">#Jail</a></p>
<p>NEW: Rather than turn former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández over to immigration officials when he was released from <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#prison</a> less than four years into a 45-year sentence, the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration paid to transport him 350 miles to a posh <a href="/tags/nyc/" rel="tag">#NYC</a> hotel. </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#drugs</a> <a href="/tags/honduras/" rel="tag">#Honduras</a></p>
<p>NEW: Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs</p><p>The federal prison staffing shortage, exacerbated by corrections officers fleeing to ICE jobs, has contributed to more lockdowns, more violence and less access to recidivism-reducing programs, the lawmakers noted in their letter to the BOP director.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bop-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bop</span><span class="invisible">-prison-staffing-shortages-ice-democrats-william-marshall</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a></p>
<p>From inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse.</p><p>Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sentences — but will it work?<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>During his reelection campaign last fall, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said you can’t “arrest your way” out of homelessness.</p><p>But a ProPublica analysis found that under Keller, the city has increasingly jailed homeless people.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/alb</span><span class="invisible">uquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/albuquerque/" rel="tag">#Albuquerque</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>