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I-Team: Sex trafficking in ‘Sound of Freedom’ movie vs. in Texas
By Ginger Allen On August 3, 2023 NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — The movie “Sound of Freedom” is surprising many as ticket sales are now grossing near $150 million. The Angel Studios movie is based on a story about a federal agent who devotes his life to rescuing children forced into sex slavery. He saves dozens of…
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Four arrested, accused of juvenile sex trafficking or sexual assault in Dallas
By NBCDFW On July 20, 2023 Four people are under arrest, accused by Dallas Police of sex trafficking a child or sexually assaulting a victim under the age of 18. Dallas Police said Thursday they took 47-year-old Lamorris Hudspeth, 38-year-old Gershon Caston, 30-year-old Amber Gords and 33-year-old Adarius Staples into custody. Dallas Police said the…
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Messenger: Defendants in a Missouri county wait years for justice. It can ruin their lives.
By Tony Messenger WARRENTON — For nearly five years, Pearl Goldizen has walked under a cloud. In October 2018, she was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for expired tags. There was marijuana in the trunk. Goldizen, a single mom of five children, was living in St. Joseph at the time. In…
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Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system
By Hallie Golden On August 19, 2023 Inside a jail cell at Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Albertyn Pino’s only plan was to finish the six-month sentence for public intoxication, along with other charges, and to return to her abusive boyfriend. That’s when she was offered a lifeline: An invitation to the tribe’s Healing to…
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DHS’s Secret Reports on ICE Detention
By Freddy Martinez and Nick Schwellenbach On August 21, 2023 New Records Confirm Abuses, Medical and Mental Health Care Failures, and Extensive Use of Solitary Confinement at Immigrant Detention Centers Across the Nation Note: The following investigation contains mentions and details of suicide and sexual assault. Previously confidential records from within the Department of Homeland…
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Oregon fails to support women in prison, report finds
By Conrad Wilson On August 21, 2023 The state’s prison system regularly fails women in custody, according to a new report commissioned by lawmakers that also found “an immediate need for the state” to “invest in the women and staff” at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s lone prison for women. The 229-page report, authored…
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Brutality and Deaths Inside East Baton Rouge Jail Spark Uphill Battle for Reform
By Piper French On August 18, 2034 Harsh treatment of protesters led to more activism against the notorious Louisiana jail, which has long been overseen by a sheriff facing reelection this year. Kaddarrius Marquise Cage was experiencing a severe mental health crisis when he entered the East Baton Rouge jail in late May. The 28 year…
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When It Comes to People Behind Bars, Texas Is Way Ahead
By Michael Hall September 2023 We keep putting convicts away. And lawmakers want those numbers to rise. The Texas frontier was a lawless place, so the early waves of white settlers dealt with suspected wrongdoers the way the Old Testament told them to. Even as other states found alternatives to the lash, Texas—whose prison system…
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How Tennessee’s Justice System Allows Dangerous People to Keep Guns — With Deadly Outcomes
By Paige Pfleger, research by Mariam Elba On August 17, 2023 Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly 40% were shot by people who were legally barred from having a gun. Michaela Carter felt like she was being hunted. She fled her family’s…
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