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Addressing Irvo Otieno’s death, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said that it was clear the state’s mental health-care system was “overwhelmed.”
But it was not just a lack of services that killed Otieno, writes in partnership with .
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5 Things to Know About the Failed War on Gun Violence
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New FBI Data Shows More Hate Crimes. These Groups Saw The Sharpest Rise.
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Hi hello! 👋🏽Want to know what informed my reporting for our story on gun enforcement in the U.S.? Well, it took A LOT of d*mn reading. Books. Research. News Articles. Newspaper Archives. You name it. Phew. Shall we jump in? 🧵
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Irvo Otieno died inside a Virginia state psychiatric hospital — a place where he was meant to be cared for, not punished, by the state, writes in partnership with .
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. and did an excellent job expanding our reporting on USP Thomson, and the impact of prison violence themarshallproject.org/2023/03/23/fed via &
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What You Need to Know About The Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
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Audio-Only Calls Hinder Deaf People in Lockups. A New Mandate Offers A Lifeline.
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From 2020 to 2021, hate crimes reported by U.S. law enforcement rose by over 11%, per updated FBI statistics.
Crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Sikhs and LGBTQ people saw some of the highest increases.
See the data ⬇️
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We added prison policies to our searchable database of banned books.
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In Chicago, gun enforcement is geared toward illegal gun possession — disproportionately affecting young Black men.
As these arrests skyrocketed, shootings increased.
We found police have failed to make an arrest in over 8 in 10 shootings since 2010.
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“Chicago is a really telling example where there is a legitimate gun violence problem & legitimate efforts to try to correct that problem — but they run headlong into American traditions of racial discrimination,” says 2nd Amendment historian .
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5 Things We Learned About Prison Book Ban Policies
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Sometimes, rising hate crime numbers or specific acts of hate can spur the passage of long-stalled laws.
Prison abolitionists, however, argue that “trying to police away hate has proven to be ineffective and a waste of community resources.”
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He Got a Life Sentence When He Was 22 — For Robbery
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🚨 Our Inside Story team seeks an ambitious research intern to lead our survey of incarcerated people.
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Read about the case that awakened us to the mental health trauma of “Supermax.”
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Much about this case is very unusual, but also all too common, says our Beth .
Through it, there's a lot we can learn about how the system works, and doesn’t, for everyone.
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Illegal possession charges make up the majority of Chicago's gun arrests. Our analysis of these arrests from 2010 to 2022 found White men were underrepresented, as were White women.
Read our report: trib.al/azIA3HY
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In 2020 with , we asked people in prison what might have helped keep them from committing the crime that led to their incarceration.
Among their responses were:
• affordable housing
• a stable, well-paying job
• mental health support
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“White racist police and judges and prosecutors will be enforcing these laws, and we know how laws are now implemented,” Roy Innis wrote to the Chicago Defender in the 1960s.
A (brief) history of Chicago's gun laws:
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Over the course of the next few months, we’re going to take a closer look into diversion programs in Cuyahoga County.
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Gun possession arrests are a major policing tactic in the fight against gun violence.
Here’s how that plays out.
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New FBI Data Shows More Hate Crimes. These Groups Saw The Sharpest Rise.
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In lockups, deaf people are often without any other signing people. Many are unable to communicate with lawyers or advocates about appeals, abuse or plans for their return home.
A videophone call may be their only chance at conversation.
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Acclaimed author John Edgar Wideman spoke with our Beth in a rare, in-depth interview about his son Jacob's murder case.
🎧 Hear the discussion unfold in Violation w/ :
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Irvo Otieno’s death — for which 7 deputies face second-degree murder charges — forces an examination of how the U.S. mental healthcare + criminal justice systems can end up prosecuting patients & relying on police, writes .
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“However long a signing person is incarcerated, they are often completely deprived of any communication with any other human,” says , co-founder of .
The group has been pushing for this FCC rule change for over a decade.
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Being stripped of parental rights while in prison, even for minor crimes, is “the family separation crisis that no one knows about,” an advocate says.
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Before his tragic death in a VA hospital, Irvo Otieno was in the ER. He left in a cop car facing 5 charges, 3 of them felonies, for being in a mental health unit showing symptoms of his mental illness: themarshallproject.org/2023/03/24/men my 1st op-ed for &
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What Irvo Otieno’s Killing Tells Us about Mental Healthcare in the U.S.
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This Is What People Really Make in Prison Jobs
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If you’re Black and driving in this suburb, a Clevelander says, the chances of getting pulled over are high.
“The police don’t care if you’re young, old or in between,” adds Carolyn, 68. “It’s just harassment.”
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Psychologists and disability rights advocates have long told that the U.S. needs not only to ramp up mental health resources but also rethink how people can still be criminalized every step of the way.
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