At least 41 people have died in the Lone Star State’s unairconditioned prisons due to heat-related or unknown conditions this summer, according to the Texas Tribune....
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
Altimont owns Carmen’s Corner Store in Hagerstown, Maryland, a community where around 20 percent of people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy their groceries. But a federal agency decided that Altimont can never accept SNAP as a form of payment at Carmen’s....
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3 million to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News....
In announcing the settlement Tuesday, attorney David Lane said the prison’s then-warden, Matt Hansen, refused to release Jones until he had produced what the prison called a “substantial amount” of feces under its policy for contraband investigations....
Trump-appointed judge gives a 'break' to Jan. 6 rioter who wants to be a police officer (archive.is)
archive.is is having stability issues at the moment so I updated the link...
Constable said a Phoenix man killed after an eviction had shot first. A new report shows that wasn't the case. (www.usatoday.com)
Screenshot of article for paywall troubles here - lemmy.world/…/532a1e99-a214-4068-bf8f-52ba4d84a49…...
Texas inmates soaking bedsheets in toilet water to cool off in unairconditioned prisons (www.sacurrent.com)
At least 41 people have died in the Lone Star State’s unairconditioned prisons due to heat-related or unknown conditions this summer, according to the Texas Tribune....
US prison deaths soared by 77% during height of Covid-19 crisis, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/ltd0V?wr=true
Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle (www.mlive.com)
Man dies while in custody at Rikers Island on same day new scathing report released by federal monitor (www.cbsnews.com)
More than 100 migrants died from heat near U.S.-Mexico border this year (archive.is)
Original mirror site went down today so I updated the link to something more stable atm...
Attorney alleges client brutally beaten in Baton Rouge Police Department ‘torture warehouse’ (www.wafb.com)
A new report reveals yet more evidence that the Trump administration violently dispersed George Floyd protesters so the president could stage a photo op. (radleybalko.substack.com)
Pinal Sheriff Mark Lamb’s office spent $200K on guns and ammo from an ‘inmate welfare' fund (azluminaria.org)
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office run by U.S. Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb has spent at least $217,000 from a jail commissary fund that Arizona lawmakers mandated be used “for the benefit and welfare of inmates” to instead buy a cache of weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests....
Texas charges prisoners 50% more for water as heat wave continues (www.tpr.org)
What Happened When the U.S. Failed to Prosecute an Insurrectionist Ex-President (www.newyorker.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/what-happened-when-the-us-faile…
Secret Service Agents Were in Contact With Far-Right Oath Keepers - A new report reveals members of the Secret Service were in communication with the group’s radical leader, Stewart Rhodes (newrepublic.com)
The Government Makes It Harder for the Formerly Incarcerated to Be Good Citizens (www.thedailybeast.com)
Altimont owns Carmen’s Corner Store in Hagerstown, Maryland, a community where around 20 percent of people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy their groceries. But a federal agency decided that Altimont can never accept SNAP as a form of payment at Carmen’s....
What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail? (www.theguardian.com)
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention
Repeated Police Misconduct by 116 Officers Cost Chicago Taxpayers $91.3M Over 3 Years: Analysis (news.wttw.com)
Chicago taxpayers paid $91.3 million to resolve lawsuits that named 116 Chicago police officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts between 2019 and 2021, according to an analysis of city data by WTTW News....
Families say inmates who protested over drinking water at Stillwater prison are being retaliated against (www.minnpost.com)
Chicago taxpayers have paid nearly $700 million since 2000 in lawsuits by people who say police framed them (chicago.suntimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/chicago-taxpayers-nearly-700-mi…
Texas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma (www.hppr.org)
The violent incident saw seven guards fired, six resign, and the state said they used “excessive force.”...
Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentences Are a Failed Policy That Needs to End (www.teenvogue.com)
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
Colorado Department of Corrections halts practice that forced inmate to defecate in bucket for 12 days while restrained (coloradosun.com)
In announcing the settlement Tuesday, attorney David Lane said the prison’s then-warden, Matt Hansen, refused to release Jones until he had produced what the prison called a “substantial amount” of feces under its policy for contraband investigations....
Domestic violence calls about ‘reproductive coercion’ doubled after the overturn of Roe (19thnews.org)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/domestic-violence-calls-reprodu…
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death threats. (www.npr.org)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/nDPXm?wr=true
'Not easy to watch' | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief responds to video of officer repeatedly punching woman (www.nytimes.com)
Archived at ghostarchive.org/archive/0emuv?wr=true...