I was arrested in January 2018 at an anti-fascist protest of an alt-right gala in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Nearly a thousand people, many of whom were Proud Boys, were celebrating the one-year anniversary of Trump’s inauguration inside a venue there. Outside, roughly a hundred protesters milled around […]
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Inmate caught breaking cell window at Sedgwick County Jail
Sedgwick County Jail A local detention deputy last week caught an inmate accused of first-degree murder breaking a cell window on an exterior wall of the Sedgwick County Jail. Officials say while the inmate hadn’t broken completely through several layers of glass — exposing him to the outside of the […]
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When a Mental-Health Crisis Lands You in Jail
Photographs by Arlene Mejorado and Carlos Chavarría When Antonietta Zuñiga woke up to smoke pouring through her bedroom window, everything she had learned about how to care for her grandson completely left her mind. It was November 2019, in the Los Angeles County city of Pico Rivera. Antonietta’s grandson, Carlos […]
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Sedgwick County Jail rolls out tablets for inmate use
The Sedgwick County Jail now has hundreds of “community” tablets that inmates can check out twice a day in two- to three-hour increments. The Wichita Eagle Inmates at the Sedgwick County Jail have a new way to stay educated, entertained and in touch with their family members. Thanks to a […]
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‘It may have come from an employee’: Hudson County jail rises to 33 positive COVID-19 cases
A COVID-19 outbreak at the Hudson County jail is now up to 33 positive cases, according to a county official. None of the 33 infected inmates are showing “serious symptoms,” but now health officials believe that an asymptomatic employee may be the source of the spread in the facility, county […]
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21 jail employees test positive for COVID-19
CLOSE A total of 21 deputies at the Hamilton County Justice Center are currently quarantining after receiving positive COVID-19 test results, officials confirmed Wednesday evening. That’s about 6.8% of the jail staff. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Dave Daugherty said all of the deputies who have tested positive are currently […]
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Inmates escapes from Louisville jail by breaking window
A spokesperson for LMDC confirmed that 30-year-old Anthony Martniez, in custody for robbery charges, broke a window and escaped Tuesday morning. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Police are on the lookout for a man who escaped from the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections on Tuesday, LMDC Assistant Director Steve Durham confirmed. Durham […]