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Michelle Liu, a Texas native, is a 2018 corps member for Report for America, a national service program that places talented journalists in local newsrooms. She has covered criminal justice issues across the state since joining our team June 2018. Her work has appeared in the New Haven Independent.
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Hurst’s record on prosecuting employers found guilty of violating immigration laws sheds light on how his office might handle the cases of employers ensnared in last week’s massive raids
“The rash was so bad that I’d have claw marks from scratching, and often open wounds,” the Mississippi inmate told state prison officials in a formal complaint
El fiscal de Estados Unidos Mike Hurst dijo que ICE no contactó a nadie a fuera de las autoridades policiacas antes de la redada “….a causa de la naturaleza de la ejecución de órdenes judiciales federales de registro.” Mientras tanto, los miembros de familia y amistades esperan y anhelan que se liberen a más personas.
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst said ICE did not contact anyone outside of law enforcement ahead of the raid “…because of the nature of executing federal criminal search warrants.” Meanwhile, family members and friends wait and hope more released.
Según reportajes de las noticias, agentes del Departamento de las Investigaciones de la Seguridad Nacional, estuvieron descubritos en un número de fábricas de pollo en varias partes del estado.
Immigration attorney: “Kids calling us on the first day of school, wondering if their parents were caught up in the raids.”
Black mold, mildew, exposed wiring, raw sewage as well as inoperable showers and ice machines were also among the deficiencies health inspectors found during an annual review of the state’s oldest prison
Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation is at an increased risk for fraud and theft following a shortage of employees in its accounting office, according to a new report from the State Auditor.
One death at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility brings the total number of July deaths in Mississippi prisons to seven
Mississippi Bail Out Collective, the state’s first bail fund, is modeled after a national effort to establish bail funds across the country — predicated on the notion that a person’s freedom should not be contingent on whether they can afford a cash bail.
African American residents of Winona have long believed in Curtis Flowers’ innocence. With the nation’s highest court overturning his murder conviction, many hope local District Attorney Doug Evans will finally make Flowers a free man
Court’s 7-2 ruling clears the way for seventh trial in 1996 slaying of four people in Winona. State’s effort “strongly suggests that the State wanted to try Flowers before a jury with as few black jurors as possible, and ideally before an all-white jury,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Savannah is one of 18 women Mississippi Today identified charged with felony child abuse by the Jones County district attorney’s office, which has partnered with the sheriff’s office to target women suspected of using drugs while pregnant. The assistant district attorney has argued that using controlled substances during a pregnancy is tantamount to poisoning a child.
A reform group recently called for a federal investigation into prison conditions after photos circulated on social media