She Worked One of the Real Cases Behind “True Detective.” She Says We Still Haven’t Learned Its Lessons.
Lisa Waddell / ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Mara Leveritt looks back on her time covering the West Memphis Three case, she is reminded of her favorite quote from Joseph Conrad: “The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” In…
Use of Force in California State Juvenile Detention Facilities Has Jumped Threefold Since Court Monitoring Ended
zodebala/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In 2016, California’s state agency for juvenile justice seemed to be experiencing an upward swing. After more than a decade of court monitoring, mandated as part of a lawsuit over the abuse of youth detainees, poor medical care, and a lack of rehabilitative programs…
Jail Is a Terrible Place to Have a Period. One Woman Is on a Crusade to Make It Better.
Mother Jones illustration; Shutterstock; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the long list of worst places to deal with a period, jail hovers at the top. Christine Kolba found that out last February while detained for a drug charge in the San Mateo County jail, just south of San…
For Cops, Stress May Be the Biggest Danger. This City Is Trying New Ways to Improve Their Mental Health.
Mother Jones illustration; Jupiterimages/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the dimly lit second floor of Stockton, California’s police headquarters, Lieutenant Brad Burrell addressed a room full of recent cadets: “Please come into this with a very open mind,” he told the seated officers, who had just signed up to…
Shocking Video Shows Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Calling a Black Man “Boy” and Grabbing Him by the Neck
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A sheriff’s deputy in Florida was recently put under investigation following the review of disturbing body-cam footage. The video shows the officer approaching a black man, Allen Floyd, who was seated quietly on the sidewalk with a baby, and then aggressively calling him “boy” before…
You Know the Name Cyntoia Brown. But Have You Heard of Maryanne Atkins?
Washington State Patrol/Handout Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When, in January, then-Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam granted clemency for Cyntoia Brown, advocates cheered. Brown had been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man who solicited her for sex when she was 16. Her case had become a symbol for…