Seven people detained at a California immigration detention center have filed a lawsuit against ICE, citing inadequate medical care, denial of access to counsel, and punitive conditions, including solitary confinement and neglect of people with disabilities.
Gov. Josh Shapiro issued his first death penalty reprieve, continuing Pennsylvania's moratorium on executions and reflecting a shift towards abolishing capital punishment, while urging the Legislature to enact sentencing reform.
The Trump administration's drug boat campaign has killed roughly one person a day off the coast of Latin America since early September, drawing criticism from legal scholars and foreign policy analysts for its lack of legal, moral, or democratic justification and its disregard for due process and human life.
Prison reform experts and advocacy groups are raising concerns after recently released Department of Justice reports on sexual violence in prisons and jails omitted data on incarcerated transgender people, which could hinder reform efforts and obscure the realities of violence behind bars.