Capital Punishment
This Pharmacist Said Prisoners Wouldn’t Feel Pain During Lethal Injection. Then Some Shook and Gasped for Air. Read at ProPublica
“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Investigation Spree. Read at The Intercept.
Prisons and Jails
In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions. Read at Bolts.
Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug. Read at The Intercept.
Prosecutors Said Another Man Was the Shooter. Oklahoma Might Execute Emmanuel Littlejohn Anyway. Read at The Appeal.
Alabama Plans to Carry Out the First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas. A Lot Could Go Wrong. Read at The Intercept.
‘A living hell’: Inside US prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read at Al Jazeera.
Despite Worsening Opioid Crisis, Many Jails And Prisons Remain Opposed To Treatment Medications. Read at Shadowproof.
Prisons Are Skimming Big Chunks of CARES Act Stimulus Checks. Read at The Intercept.
'It’s Meant To Be Punishing': Protestors Allege Summer of Jail Abuses. Read at VPM.
When Prisons Locked Down, Prisoners Were Denied Release. Read at The Appeal.
Prison Agency Resisting Oversight, Say Lawmakers and Watchdogs. Read at New York Focus.
People Say They Languish in Texas Prisons’ ‘Mental Health’ Unit. Read at The Appeal.
Exclusive: ACLU Sues NY County Over Methadone Access in Prison. Read at Filter.
As COVID-19 Spreads In Virginia Civil Commitment Center, Incarcerated Can’t Get Medical Care. Read at Shadowproof.
COVID-19 Disruption
Coronavirus Cases Soar For The Navajo Nation As Federal Funding Shortfalls Strain Efforts To Respond. Read at The Appeal.
Unemployed New Yorkers still can’t get through to the Department of Labor. Read at City & State.
With Indoor Dining’s Return, Workers Must Choose Between Their Income and Their Health. Read at Eater.
A Million Unemployed New Yorkers Are About to Fall Off a Fiscal Cliff. Read at New York Focus.
Extreme Summer Heat Is Endangering Homeless People Amid COVID-19 Pandemic. Read at The Appeal.
Why Is New York Still Taxing Unemployment Benefits? Read at New York Focus.