Thank you Tracy! (A month later!)

Trump’s Union Order Endangers Federal Prison Officers, Labor Leaders Say Supporters of the union, which represents 30,000 prison employees, fear the move will worsen an ongoing staffing crisis.

Many federal prison workers voted for Trump three times. Now he wants to gut their union.

“We were voting on the fact that he was going to back law enforcement”

@journo-beth.bsky.social & Christie Thompson @themarshallproject.org

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/31/t...

Trans Women Federal Prisoners Told They Will Be Housed With Men After a minor change in a judge's order, the Trump administration arranged to move over a dozen transgender women to men's facilities.

In 2022, after years of legal battles, Donna Langan became the first federal prisoner to receive gender confirmation surgery. Now she’s learned that the Trump administration plans to move her to a men’s facility.

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/02/21/t... by @journo-beth.bsky.social

The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

We've been reporting on incarcerated firefighters for years at @themarshallproject.org. As of yesterday, more than 900 were fighting the LA fires. It's dangerous and (very, very) low-paying work. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...

black and white scruffy terrier mix puppy

Gonna start this off with a puppy pic. (If I stick around, will be mostly criminal justice news and journalism stuff, with the occasional puppy and some Mets.)