Beth Schwartzapfel
Staff Writer at The Marshall Project
Writer, reader, reporter @MarshallProj covering criminal (in)justice. Campfire guitarist. Nerd. Host of pod VIOLATION: https://t.co/wjhjKbSR6b.
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6 days ago |
bostonglobe.com | Beth Schwartzapfel |Keri Blakinger |Shannon Heffernan
“Billy is a Strong Advocate for LAW AND ORDER,” Trump wrote. “He understands the struggles of our prisons better than anyone, and will help fix our broken Criminal Justice System.”In a written statement to The Marshall Project and Los Angeles Times, Marshall thanked Trump for “this tremendous opportunity.”A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.
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1 week ago |
latimes.com | Keri Blakinger |Beth Schwartzapfel |Shannon Heffernan
William Marshall speaks during a West Virginia legislative meeting in December 2023. President Trump is appointing Marshall to head the Federal Bureau of Prisons. William “Billy” Marshall, the relatively unknown head of the West Virginia corrections department, has been selected to lead the troubled federal Bureau of Prisons, a Trump administration choice that took advocates for federal prison staff and incarcerated people aback Friday.
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3 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Beth Schwartzapfel |Christie Thompson
Labor leaders say the move is devastating for the bureau, and silences a union representing over 30,000 people at more than 120 federal prisons nationwide. It’s the latest and biggest hit to a workforce that includes many supporters of Trump’s “tough on crime” campaign rhetoric. The Council of Prison Locals, a unit of the larger American Federation of Government Employees, represents federal prison staff in collective bargaining about working conditions.
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3 weeks ago |
themarshallproject.org | Beth Schwartzapfel |Christie Thompson
Federal prison employees are bracing themselves for a legal fight, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to end collective bargaining for most federal employees. The announcement, aimed at unions across dozens of executive branch departments, explicitly included the Bureau of Prisons, creating more confusion at an already struggling agency.
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1 month ago |
themarshallproject.org | Beth Schwartzapfel
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. Feeding incarcerated people has become big business as states and counties outsource their food service operations.
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