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1 month ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
This week’s private prison earnings calls make clear that Trump’s racist reign of terror has been great for business. “I would like to share how excited I am for and deeply proud of our team here at CoreCivic,” the company CEO, Damon T. Hininger, told investors on today’s call. “Our team has always been mission and outcomes-focused, but this is such a significant moment of time in our company’s history.
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1 month ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
On today’s quarterly earnings call, for-profit prison operator GEO Group’s CEO J. David Donahue told investors the company is “very excited to support the mission at hand.”“I couldn’t be more impressed than watching the agency shift, if you will, or pivot into this new mission,” Donahue said, referring to Homeland Security and ICE leadership.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office photoLast September, a young person at Louisiana’s Jackson Parish Jail tried to kill himself, according to documents The Appeal obtained. When he called his dad and told him he was on suicide watch, his father started to cry.
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1 month ago | 
truthdig.com | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
The Department of Justice has terminated all funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, according to a letter from the National PREA Resource Center obtained by The Appeal. Among other activities, the group had previously trained prison sexual assault auditors, tracked the results of PREA investigations, and provided resources to imprisoned sexual abuse survivors. The cuts take effect immediately.
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1 month ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has cut all funding to the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.
The Department of Justice has terminated all funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Resource Center, according to a letter exclusively obtained by The Appeal from the National PREA Resource Center. The cuts take effect immediately.
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1 month ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
At least six people at Red Onion intentionally lit themselves on fire last year. Now, prisoners say staff are forcing people to comply—or cutting their electricity.
Besides an overhead light, Sidney Bowman says he hasn’t had electricity in his cell at Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison for roughly three months.
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2 months ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Attorney General Pamela Bondi has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing health insurance executive Brian Thompson. The U.S. Department of Justice said the “murder was an act of political violence.”On Dec. 4, a gunman shot and killed Thompson as he was on his way to an investors meeting in Manhattan. At the time of his death, his annual compensation package was worth over $10 million. On Dec. 9, Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania.
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2 months ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
For the last nine years, Alishea Sophia Kingdom, a transgender woman, has received hormone therapy. In January, prison staff abruptly stopped her medication, causing her to become hopeless and suicidal. “The distress of losing my care has caused me to experience anxiety, panic attacks, and mood swings, and I have been unable to sleep,” she said in a statement.
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2 months ago | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
On Friday, three transgender federal prisoners filed a class-action lawsuit against President Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and other federal prison officials for denying them access to life-saving medical care. On Jan.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
theappeal.org | Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
More than a decade ago, Illinois correctional officers allegedly attacked, sexually humiliated, and tortured hundreds of prisoners. At the end of March, a lawsuit filed on the victims’ behalf is finally scheduled to go to trial. In 2015, the Uptown People’s Law Center and other attorneys filed a class action suit against Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) officials and members of the state’s Special Operations Response Team (SORT)—known as “Orange Crush” due to their uniform’s colors.
