1/ @MarshallProj sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections to produce hundreds of records documenting safety violations. The dept just admitted it can't find more than half of them hattiesburgamerican.com/story/news/202… via @hburgamerican 2/ We requested weekly reports from the 3 private prisons run by @mtctrains - reports written by state employees hired to police prison conditions and insure Management & Training Corp is fulfilling its contract w citizens of Mississippi

1/ In December @AlysiaSanto and I wrote about a violent private prison in Mississippi where short staffing created more danger for staff and prisoners and more profit for the private prison company paid for no-show workers
themarshallproject.org/2020/12/09/no-… 2/ The Mississippi Department of Correction is now taking over the Marshall County Correctional Facility because the private prison company can't hire enough workers. southreporter.com/news/state-tak…

1 As we talk about police reform, most attention is focused on those killed by cops. Who’s overlooked? Some 80,000 people each year who go to an ER after a violent interaction with police. @SimoneJWei @EmilyRSiegel @lriordanseville @AbbieVanSickle and me themarshallproject.org/2021/06/23/vio… 2 Law enforcement does not compile national data on this. The nation’s 18,000 police agencies have different policies and practices. It's impossible to say how many times police use force and how much is excessive.

1 - NEW: Prosecuting white supremacists has been difficult. To learn how white extremism is policed and punished, we dug into 8 years of @TheJusticeDept data. Here’s what I found with @SimoneJWei and @Schwartzapfel found: 2 - Our analysis found dozens of examples where federal prosecutors successfully built cases against white extremists. However, they used mostly workarounds — charging a suspect with traditional crimes, like drugs and gun possessions.

While you were sleeping: North Carolina legislators restrict access to public records of people who die in state custody newsobserver.com/news/politics-… North Carolina Chief Medical Examiner Michelle Aurelius said the provision will help make law enforcement feel more comfortable giving her office information.