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During Heat Waves Conditions In Prisons Pose Deadly Threats To Incarcerated People And Prison Staff

Extreme heat is taking an increasing toll across the U.S. in summertime. People who are incarcerated are among society’s most vulnerable groups and have been especially affected. More than a dozen states do not have air conditioning in all of their prison units, including Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. In Texas, where I work, only about 30% of prisons are fully air-conditioned. Many of these states also face some of the highest heat risks in the U.S., according to recent studies. Prisons concentrate hundreds or thousands of people in buildings that were designed without planning for extreme heat and heat waves. Prison building materials and designs can increase exposure to heat...

There Are Some Promising Solutions, But Huge Numbers Of The Formerly Incarcerated Are Unemployed

People who have been incarcerated face major challenges finding work after their release. About 45% of formerly incarcerated Americans were unemployed one year after leaving prison, according to a multiyear study the Brookings Institution released in 2018. CC BY-NC-ND This is far higher than U.S. joblessness levels, even during the coronavirus pandemic. The overall U.S. rate spiked to 14.7% in April 2020, receding to 6.7% by December – nearly twice where it stood at the end of 2019. Three factors essential to a successful transition from prison are employment, housing and transportation, and no one can afford stable housing or reliable transportation without employment. I’m researching two innovative ways to combat unemployment among the formerly incarcerated. One approach relies on so...

Incarcerated Pedophile Used a Dark Web Forum to Arrange a Rape in France

Not long after French law enforcement arrested the alleged owner of a dark web child exploitation forum that had been flying under the radar for years, investigators in France foiled a pedophile’s plan to have his own daughter kidnapped and raped by a member of another dark web forum for pedophiles. According to the French media outlet that broke the story about the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that led to the arrest of the alleged dark web child pornography forum owner, cybercrime investigators working for the Judicial Police of Lyon spotted something that warranted a rapid response. These cybercrime investigators had been investigating pedophiles through various internet platforms. One of these platforms was a forum on the dark web dedicated to the disc...