Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Jan 6, 2025 | freedom.press | Daniel Moritz-Rabson

In Part 1 of this series, we covered the challenges of visiting and communicating with incarcerated people. Here, we’ll talk about how to handle issues in accessing information held by jails and prisons. Though the number of incarcerated people has roughly and government spending has ballooned as well, there’s little standardized data about incarceration and its outcomes. Each of the nation’s more than 3,000 counties collects its own jail data using different methods and agencies.

Jan 6, 2025 | freedom.press | Daniel Moritz-Rabson

The American incarceration system is a behemoth. Around 1.9 million people in the United States are locked up in jails, prisons, immigration detention facilities, and other confinement centers. Federal, state, and local expenditures on corrections amount to more than $81 billion each year. Legal costs, criminal policing, and assorted other fees, like bail payments and prison phone call fees, end up costing taxpayers and families an additional $100 billion annually.

Sep 25, 2024 | progressivehub.net | Lauren Gill |Daniel Moritz-Rabson

As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments. By Lauren Gill and Daniel Moritz-Rabson, BoltsAs the leader of Alabama’s execution team, Brandon McKenzie is sometimes the last person to touch a prisoner while they’re still alive.

Sep 24, 2024 | boltsmag.org | Michael Barajas |Daniel Moritz-Rabson |Lauren Gill

This article was produced as a collaboration between Bolts and The Intercept. As the leader of Alabama’s execution team, Brandon McKenzie is sometimes the last person to touch a prisoner while they’re still alive. He has played a key role in executions, directing a team of around a dozen prison guards on execution nights and performing tasks that can impact how long it takes for someone to die or whether they feel pain.

Sep 24, 2024 | le-blog-sam-la-touch.over-blog.com | Lauren Gill |Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Alors que l’État cache les détails de la peine de mort, une enquête sur son équipe d’exécution soulève des questions sur le traitement réservé aux personnes incarcérées dans leurs derniers instants. DOSSIER - Le soleil se couche derrière la prison de Holman à Atmore, Ala., le 27 janvier 2022.