New York State Has Prisoners Making Hand Sanitizer. It’s Unclear If Prisoners Can Use It.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveils a new hand sanitizer that New York will distribute to schools and government agencies.Screenshot of livestream Hand sanitizer is out of stock at many stores and fetching absurdly high prices on Amazon. So New York will make its own: Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that as part of a response to…
Health Care Behind Bars Is Already Abysmal. Are Prison Officials Prepared for the Coronavirus?
Rich Pedroncelli/AP On any given day, 2.3 million people in the United States are in prison or jail. With about 40 percent of inmates suffering from a chronic health condition, the overall health profile of incarcerated people is abysmal. Without access to consistent health care, many inmates with health conditions do not have their medical…
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Husband Pointed a Gun at Black Lives Matter Activists
District Attorney Jackie Lacey speaks Monday at a press conference after her husband was filmed pointing a gun at protesters at her home.Stefanie Dazio/AP For years, Black Lives Matter members have protested against Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, the first African American and first woman to work as the county’s top prosecutor. Lacey has…
“It’s Like the Sky is Blue Again”: Weinstein’s Accusers React to His Rape Conviction
Rosanna Arquette and Rose McGowan speak on the first day of Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial.MediaPunch/AP Mira Sorvino: I don’t think you can understand if you haven’t been through this, and haven’t gone public, how immensely difficult and life-changing it is to bring out some of the worst memories in your life into the public eye…
Sen. Bob Casey Tells Prosecutors to Ignore Rudy Giuliani’s “Russian Propaganda”
SMG via ZUMA Wir Two weeks after Attorney General William Barr confirmed that he had established an “intake process” for information gathered by Rudy Giuliani from Ukraine, which involves federal prosecutors based in Pennsylvania, the state’s senior senator is calling on the Justice Department to “reject” any “Russian propaganda” funneled via that channel. “These claims should…
Harvey Weinstein Has Been Found Guilty on 2 Counts in Landmark Rape Trial
Scott Heins/Getty On Monday morning, after five days of deliberations, a New York City jury of seven women and five men has found Harvey Weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. Both charges are felonies, the most serious of which could put Weinstein in prison…