Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges. (Published May) propub.li/3ScYM8n

Governor Ned Lamont nominated first African American woman to Connecticut Supreme Court portal.ct.gov/governor/new...

Ten incarcerated men earn college degrees while serving time in Illinois prison Ten incarcerated men earned college degrees at Augustana College Prison Education Program while serving time in the Illinois prison.... unheardvoicesmag.com/2026/06/14/t...

This gives some context around due process in this nation for critical thinkers. The National Registry of Exonerations found that Texas, despite having some of the toughest laws on crime, led the nation with 363 exonerations in the last 30 years. www.nealdavislaw.com/criminal-def...

Photos reveal stark isolation inside Mass. prison units tied to suicides: ‘God help me’ www.masslive.com/news/2026/06...

In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor chastised her colleagues for enabling what promises to be “a chaotic election, held under a never-before-used congressional map that intentionally discriminates against Black Alabamians.” buff.ly/NPHYNvq

A Los Angeles prosecutor likened a Black murder suspect to a Bengal tiger. Decades later, the California Supreme Court found that trope showed unacceptable racial bias. cal.news/4vpPJPH

North Carolina - New app aims to make it easier for people leaving incarceration to identify resources. Next Steps by RREPS uses AI to create personalized plans for formerly incarcerated people navigating life after leaving prison or jail. www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/06/02/n...

Racial and ethnic disparities Research and statistics on racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal legal system www.prisonpolicy.org/research/rac...

"Through our education and growth, we are reframing the narrative about what rehabilitation looks like. There is a hunger to prove that we are more than the sum of our worst day." www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/story/news/e...

An Oregon Black mother of six says she spent months trapped in legal limbo insisting “I didn’t do it,” while the state’s public defender crisis pushed more than 1,400 criminal cases toward dismissal. atlantablackstar.com/2026/05/24/f...

Why single domestic violence survivors can't get shelter in NYC despite empty beds Domestic violence shelters were built for families with children, not single people. gothamist.com/news/why-sin...

Mapping Police Violence collected data on more than 1,200 killings by police in 2025 policeviolencereport.org

For several years, an Illinois State Police Trooper was named by a nonprofit the "Top Cop": a moniker given to the member of law enforcement who has made the most DUI arrests in a single year. abc7chicago.com/post/top-cop...

A decision whether to mandate air conditioning inside Texas prisons is in the hands of a federal judge, as advocacy organizations try to force the state to address what they allege are dangerous, deadly temperatures inmates endure. cnn.it/4eILfhV

Research on female incarceration is critical to understanding the full consequences of mass incarceration and to unraveling the policies and practices that lead to their criminalization. The female incarcerated population stands over seven times as high than in 1980: bit.ly/3YkWnHn

"I am paying for my crime with my body and economical gains by purchasing prison products that come from vendors linked in some way to MI Department of Corrections." In a new essay for Vera, Demetrius Buckley explains how incarceration reinforces poverty: www.vera.org/news/paying-...

Trump’s pardons of white-collar criminals are draining money from a fund that helps victims of violent crime. At least $113 million in forgiven penalties would have gone into the Crime Victims Fund absent a Trump pardon, a Trace analysis found. Read more: thetr.ac/Wy2SQ

In other news, a white, Latina woman by the name of Erica Jimenez is suing CA because she was denied access to the State's Black Infant Health program. Mind you, this program has existed since 1989 and is now being threatened because Erica believes she's entitled to services not intended for her.

Governor Abigail Spanberger blocked a bill to bar prosecutors from pressuring Virginians to waive protections against unreasonable police searches as a condition of pleas. boltsmag.org/virginia-fou...

#Iowa #reform #sterlinghospedales

Leonard Leo is a lawyer, but he's never argued a case in court. He's never held elected office. But for years he rebuilt the American legal system, resulting in the Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority. (Published Oct. 2023) propub.li/4cfWax3

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to rule for Terry Pitchord, a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. buff.ly/CtNLYIh

U.S.-style birthright citizenship is uncommon around the world www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

A sitting District Attorney instructing private Family "law" attorneys on how to maximize lawfare

#firstamendment #freedomofspeech #sterlinghosedales

'You ever chopped cotton before?': Florida judge admonished for making racially insensitive remarks to Black defendant and being snarky with public defenders lawandcrime.com/high-profile...

A Texas woman who threatened to kill the Black judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case has gone missing after failing to report for her prison sentence. atlantablackstar.com/2026/02/25/v...

NEW: This Louisiana prosecutor... • Was forced to resign from the DA’s office for submitting false paperwork • Withheld evidence in at least 3 death row cases • Compared a Black teen to a dog and told the jury to “get rid of it” Now he’s running for judge. With @veritenewsnola propub.li/4d2NX1b

An upcoming ballot measure in Virginia would make it the 26th state to allow anyone who is not presently in prison to vote. Currently, people with any felony convictions lose their right to vote for life. boltsmag.org/virginia-con...