Women in Arizona State Prison Would Have to Work 27 Hours Just to Get a Box of Tampons
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An Arizona bill that would provide basic dignity for female prisoners moved forward in the state legislature this week. The issue at hand is that incarcerated women are currently only provided 12 free pads per month and are only allowed to possess 24 pads at a time.…
The Guy Behind the Bogus Immigration Report Has A Long History of Terrible And Misleading Research
John Lott speaks to the crowd during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford in 2013.Jared Ramsdell/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Controversial economist John R. Lott Jr. has made questionable claims about gun rights, police shootings, and abortion. But his new pet issue seems to be…
Here’s What Happens When Trump Policy Comes to Trump Country
Organizers Marilyn Torres and Marbella Chavez celebrate after a private prison company withdrew its proposal for an immigration detention center in Elkhart County.Mother Jones Illustration/Michael Caterina/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Elkhart County, Indiana, is proud of its recreational vehicles. The county—90 percent white, 41 percent factory workers, and located…
When This Death Row Inmate Decided He Wanted to Die, It Created A Firestorm No One Was Prepared For
Scott Dozier in Ely State Prison.Edgar Barens/The Marshall Project Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On the day he had been scheduled to die, Scott Dozier arrived at the visiting room inside Ely State Prison looking edgy and exhausted. He’d been thwarted. For more than a year, he had worked to…
Private Prison Companies Are About to Cash In on Trump’s Deportation Regime
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In October, when executives from the country’s biggest prison company held their annual leadership conference at a golf resort owned by President Donald Trump, they had much to celebrate: lucrative contracts, strong stock prices, and a good shot at expanding their reach…
A Quick Guide to Legal Pot in California
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For Californians, legal cannabis is right around the corner. But we have questions. And as it turns out, many of you do, too. A couple weeks ago we wanted to know what questions you had about pot, and the responses were overwhelming.…