It went from 'we're just concerned about women's sports' to 'we want to ban all drag shows' in less than a year. Depending on the wording of the legislation, it could effectively criminalize being trans and/or gender non-conforming in public.

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Police body cam footage shows that the people arrested as part of DeSantis' voter fraud probe were totally confused and couldn't believe what was happening. 'Voter fraud? Y’all said anybody with a felony could vote, man.' tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises & Florida Retreats as Part of Jail Telecom Contracts

Smart Communications, a for-profit Florida biz that sells phone, videochat & email-like services to prisons & jails, said sheriffs can live “the resort life” theappeal.org/smart-communic…

The taxpayers of Mesa, AZ paid $5.4M to settle 10 wrongful death and excessive force lawsuits against police officers in the first 6 months of 2022. themesatribune.com/news/mesa-pays…

A prison and jail telecom company promised sheriff's departments free Caribbean cruises and all-expense paid trips to Florida as perks for signing contracts, Hayden Betts reports. Critics have likened these sorts of incentive offers to 'legal bribery.' theappeal.org/smart-communic…

Jailhouse snitches are a leading contributing factor to many #wrongfulconvictions . Occasionally, actual reform efforts are undertaken to curb the abuses that come with this practice.
#California #justicereform theappeal.org/orange-county-…

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New report details more horrific findings at New Mexico's Torrance County Detention Center, a private ICE prison. Staffing shortages, poor sanitation and medical care, failure to document use of force. Of 14 OIG recommendations, ICE has resolved just 4. krqe.com/plus/data-repo…

Louisiana is set to begin transferring kids from juvenile facilities to Angola's old death row. James Finn of The Advocate toured the facility and found that motivational posters with slogans like 'keep trying' have replaced the death row signage. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

Our immigration detention facilities are brutal concentration camps where the majority of people have not committed a crime but an immigration violation. I said what I said. theappeal.org/torrance-deten…

Great reporting by Hayden Betts in The Appeal on a gross new frontier in the prison profiteering world: A particularly scummy prison/jail telecoms company used the promise of free Caribbean cruises to lure sheriffs departments into signing contracts.
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The supposed impact of 'defunding the police' has been mentioned more than 10,000 times on broadcasts over the last two years, according to an ABC News analysis. But the vast majority of departments have gotten funding increases in that time, not cuts. abcnews.go.com/US/defunding-c…

DOJ finds that Orange County law-enforcement unconstitutionally used jailhouse informants to elicit confessions and incriminating evidence from people for years: theappeal.org/orange-county-…