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At Fox Run, a home for kids in treatment backed by a multi-billion dollar company, residents and former staff detail a litany of trauma. One former resident told us, “I would rather be dead outside in the snow” than spend another night inside.

How Fox Run Treatment Center Traumatized Troubled Children

Kids at the facility went as far as hurting themselves and others to escape. Here’s what they were running from.

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One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities. www.wired.com/story/ices-n...

ICE’s New Detention Center Contracts Declare State Laws ‘Shall Not Apply’

One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.

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New, by me: The Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border agents with a "duress" passcode that wiped the contents of his phone when they entered it. We've confirmed the phone was running GrapheneOS. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20260724...

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch

A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...

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Thank you, LinkedIn, for telling me that I am a subpar Ethan.

NEW: We reported two years ago that Chicago police had made 200,000 secret traffic stops, failing to disclose them as required by law. Chicago police then admitted the problem, & promised to 'fix' it in a legislative hearing. We just investigated again: The problem... got WORSE.

Chicago Police Promised to 'Fix' Secret Traffic Stops. A Year Later, the Problem Has Only Gotten Worse. - Bolts

This story was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and Injustice Watch, a nonprofit news organization in Chicago focused on issues of equity and justice in the court system. In... Read More

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Theoretically all of these hazards could occur here! For all I know, this person is holding a bucket filled with radioactive chemicals and biological waste while standing in a very hot room. They could slip, get struck by the bucket, be exposed to the sludge, and then die of heat stroke.

Dropping this here: citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-64-m...

Citations Needed: Episode 64: Mike Rowe’s Koch-Backed Working Man Affectation

In recent years, television personality Mike Rowe has amassed a wildly popular following due to alleged working-class straight talk about topics ranging from the affordability of college to reassertin...

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FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 4w ago

Vance: A lot of the people who are going and getting 4-year degrees, they're not like engineers and doctors. They have fake jobs

Worth highlighting that fatal shootings by ICE officers were extremely rare before 2025. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘New terrifying levels’: 10 people fatally shot by immigration officials in Trump’s second term

As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death marks another high-profile killing by ICE officers

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In the Iliad, Homer eulogized "the courage of a fly, who works so hard and so persistently, yearning to bite a human being's flesh because she loves the taste of blood." Well, today, I met that fly. I hope she is satisfied.

NEW: advocates say DHS purchased two ICE detention centers from CoreCivic in order to avoid oversight and dodge lawsuits. In a statement to @motherjones.com, a DHS representative seemed to agree. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DHS is spending $1.5 billion to block ICE oversight

The agency bought two private prisons from CoreCivic—and more may follow.

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This is a shockingly scummy sales tactic

🚨 We analyzed the Supreme Court’s decisions over the past 20 years and found that for the first time, the court issued more consequential rulings on its “shadow docket” (unsigned orders often decided without arguments) than the traditional merits docket. www.propublica.org/article/supr...

The ICE wing of the Allen Parish jail has the longest average stay of any immigration detention center in Louisiana. It has faced serious allegations of mistreatment and racist abuse of detainees. Advocates say “it's where people go to disappear.” Critical reporting from @delaneynolan.bsky.social

“Stuck in Purgatory”: ICE Detention in Louisiana Can Stretch on for Years - Bolts

Louisiana has more ICE lockups than almost any other state. Now as a surge in habeas petitions overloads courts, people are held “unfathomably” long without recourse.

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Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child, is dead after a Mississippi police officer shot into a car and killed him. Family members say his mother was holding him in the passenger seat. The officers were responding to a shoplifting call over a box of diapers at the Senatobia Walmart.

Mississippi Police Officer Shoots and Kills 1-Year-Old Child in Response to Shoplifting Call

A Mississippi police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call.

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Exciting news: I just learned that @boltsmag.org has won a Nonprofit News Award tonight. The award is for the powerful (& distressing) story reported by @burness.bsky.social on the zealous prosecution of a community of American Samoans by the state — you may remember the article:

Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It - Bolts

In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they’ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public official...

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The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

DHS just confirmed the plan to roll out a facial recognition app for local cops to scan peoples' faces to verify their immigration status. Agency said this is related to the 287(g) program; more than a thousand local and regional police departments are part of that www.404media.co/ices-plan-to...

ICE’s Plan to Let Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify Immigration Status

ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand agencies access to a facial recognition app that verifies a person's immigration status.

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More alarming reports emerging about the nation's largest ICE detention facility, Camp East Montana, located in my hometown, El Paso, TX. Read on for some of the shocking details from the GAO report that was published today [THREAD] files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...

The president has acted to remove protections for trans prisoners at risk of rape. What's it like to access these protections on the inside? Incarcerated journalist B Speaks spoke with two inmates who'd used the reporting system mandated by PREA, one cis, one trans. What he found may disturb you:

For Some, the Prison Rape Elimination Act is a Blessing. For Others, its a Curse. - Assigned Media

The Prison Rape Elimination Act exists for inmates as a safety net protecting against sexual misconduct. For some, it does what its supposed to, for others it only makes the problems worse. Assigned M...

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An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.

Mississippi Prisoners Begged for Help. They Died in Solitary Instead.

An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.

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NEW: After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out due to new scientific evidence, a Fall River judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling. #Massachusetts

Judge Weighs Whether to Release Man Whose Three-Decade-Old Murder Conviction Was Overturned

After Brian Peixoto’s 1997 murder conviction was thrown out, a judge is considering whether to grant him bail while prosecutors appeal the ruling

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The Minnesota Star Tribune announced Tuesday that it plans to cut about 15 percent of its staff through buyouts and layoffs. Publisher Steve Grove also said the Star Tribune is exploring a new ownership model.

Star Tribune planning job cuts, exploring new ownership model

The Minnesota Star Tribune announced Tuesday that it plans to cut about 15 percent of its staff through buyouts and layoffs. Publisher Steve Grove also said the Star Tribune is exploring a new ownersh...

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The Trump administration is illegally withholding $150 million for domestic violence service providers, which has led to "layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among advocates." A 24-hour hotline is now closed on nights and weekends. 19thnews.org/2026/05/dome...

No one to answer the phone: What a missing $150 million means for domestic violence services

The 19th reached out to over 250 domestic violence shelters, organizations and municipalities that have received federal grants in the past to determine the impact of withheld funds.

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ICE deported them. Cook County prosecutors still want them arrested for missing court. Injustice Watch reports: blockclubchi.co/4dNhnip

NEW: ICE officers just beat and used tear gas on detainees at Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ, per family members of people inside. This is as the hunger/labor strike at the facility continues for its seventh fay. gothamist.com/news/family-...

Family, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detainees

Gothamist saw multiple people taken out on stretchers and transported away in Ambulances.

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NEW REPORT: After Chicago shut down ShotSpotter in Sept. 2024, CPD response times to priority 1 calls improved by an average of 4.2 minutes. Read more here: uchicago-justice-project.github.io/chicago_crim...

A new collaboration from MuckRock and @thefloridatrib.bsky.social dug into the names of 89 officers across Duval, Clay, and Nassau counties obtained through the Brady List: buff.ly/mua8zfP

Brady List: The little-known roster of cops who molest, lie, steal or drive drunk

Florida law does not explicitly require prosecutorial agencies to keep a Brady List – as evidenced by the fact that several don’t.

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Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit theintercept.com/2026/05/24/i...

Judge Sanctioned Private Prison Giant for Destroying Evidence in ICE Death Suit

In a wrongful death suit about an ICE detainee, a judge wrapped CoreCivic responsible for destroying video — the first-known such sanction.

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