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Rat Fur, Arsenic and Copper: The Dangerous Ingredients Lacing US Prison Water
Incarcerated people often must drink unhealthy water, a particularly cruel – but not unusual – form of punishment By Lela Nargi MARCH 19 2024 Russell Rowe spent almost two and a half years in Washington DC’s central detention facility, where rusty water flowed from taps in sinks that were connected to toilets. He remembers dawdling…
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Judge Orders Special Master for California Prison Known for Rampant Sexual Abuse
Several employees at the federal correctional institution in Dublin have pleaded guilty to abusing female inmates By Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies MARCH 16 2024 A judge called a California federal women’s prison known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates “a dysfunctional mess” on Friday as she ordered a special master to oversee the facility, marking the…
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Judge Mulls Third Contempt Case Against Arizona for Failing to Improve Prison Health Care
BY JACQUES BILLEAUD Updated 5:59 PM CDT, March 15, 2024 PHOENIX (AP) — A judge presiding over a nearly 12-year-old lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s prisons is considering whether to launch a third contempt-of-court proceeding against the state for failing to improve prisoner care. Arizona’s system for providing medical and mental health care…
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What a New Funding Model Means for Community Colleges in Texas
House Bill 8 awards funding based on student outcomes rather than school enrollment. By Alexandra Hart & Rhonda Fanning March 21, 2024 2:55 pm Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 8, a $683 million investment in community colleges. The measure changes the funding formula for two-year colleges, awarding money based on student outcomes rather…
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Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.
By April Dembosky, KQED MARCH 20, 2024 Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor’s office. They endure the emotional torture of having to hold their child down as the clinician sticks them with one vaccine after another. “The first shots he got, I probably cried more…
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How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
By Amy Maxmen MARCH 12, 2024 Gayle Borne has fostered more than 300 children in Springfield, Tennessee. She’s cared for kids who have rarely seen a doctor — kids so neglected that they cannot speak. Such children are now even more vulnerable because of a law Tennessee passed last year that requires the direct consent of…
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Wadesboro Coach Charged for Human Trafficking, Indecent Liberties with Children
By Evan Donovan and Andrew McMillan March 19, 2024 at 5:15 pm EDT ANSON COUNTY, N.C. — A local youth basketball coach is facing criminal charges in connection with a human trafficking investigation in Anson County, and authorities say there may be additional victims. According to the Anson County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, 30-year-old Jamoszio Burch was arrested…
Read MoreMissing 3-Year-Old: Caregiver Faced Charges Relating to Human Trafficking in 2016
Newly obtained court documents detail troubled history between Jesse Vang and Elijah’s mother, Katrina Baur By Kendall Keys Updated: 10:12 PM CDT Mar 19, 2024 TWO RIVERS, Wis. — Tuesday marked one month in the search for missing 3-year-old Elijah Vue. The little boy vanished from Jesse Vang’s Two Rivers apartment on Feb. 20. According…
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13 Men Arrested in Harris County Prostitution Operation
By FOX 26 Digital Published March 19, 2024 7:16pm CDT HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – Thirteen men were arrested and charged as part of a prostitution investigation in Harris County on Tuesday. The multi-day operation conducted by deputies from Constable Mark Herman’s Office ended on Feb. 22, 2024, after officials confirmed 13 men between the ages of 20 to 60…
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