Shaila Dewan

New York

National Criminal Justice Editor at The New York Times

Covers criminal justice at the New York Times. Relatively optimistic. Cover photo by the great @WilliamWidmer. Tips to dewan at https://t.co/zGJ4T9rCnp

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Articles

A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of 'Pure Hell'

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Shawn Hubler |Shaila Dewan

There, he said, he was "a troubled child" who was regularly beaten and, over time, drugged and sexually abused by medical staff members. He said he was at MacLaren until he was about 11, when he was sent to a group foster home, which he fled. For years after that, he said, he lived on the street. Eventually, he said, he landed in prison after being convicted of attempted murder; he said it was an attempt at self-defense.
A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Shawn Hubler |Shaila Dewan

A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’MaryAlice Ashbrook remembers the rain on the night the Los Angeles police retrieved her, the 8-year-old child of a pill-addicted mother, and took her to the MacLaren Children’s Center, the county-run foster home where she was preyed upon. Shirley Bodkin remembers the smell of the staff member there …
Tariff anger blows up on Trump; demonstrators pack streets to protest against President’s policies

2 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Shaila Dewan |Minho Kim |Katie Benner

They came out in defence of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They marched against tariffs and oligarchs, dark money and fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants and the department of government efficiency. Demonstrators had no shortage of causes as they gathered in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest President Trump’s agenda.
Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump

2 weeks ago | journal-news.com | Shaila Dewan

While crowd sizes are difficult to estimate, organizers said that more than 600,000 people had signed up to participate. On Fifth Avenue in New York, the protest stretched for nearly 20 blocks. In Chicago, several thousand people flooded Daley Plaza and adjacent streets, while in the nation’s capital tens of thousands surrounded the Washington Monument. In Atlanta, police estimated the crowd marching to the gold-domed statehouse at over 20,000.
Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Shaila Dewan

3 hours agoPro-life activist having ‘flashbacks’ of shocking sucker punch during NYC interview: ‘It’s terrifying’The pro-life activist sucker punched during an interview on a Harlem street is struggling after the shocking violence — which she said was emblematic of the entire pro-choice movement.
Anti-Trump Protests Get Underway Across the Country

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Shaila Dewan

4 hours ago“I had been proud, at 33, that I never had a scare. I was less proud when two side-by-side tests on the bathtub’s edge revealed a treacherous reality.” I woke up the morning of July 7, 2023, and expected to be in some sort of pain. I expected to be grief-stricken. Depressed. I feared the numbers of …
To Make Guns Less Dangerous, One Group Teaches Young People How to Use Them

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Shaila Dewan

Each year, the Chicago Police Department seizes about 10,000 illegal guns and arrests thousands of people for illegal gun possession. Yet, guns remain plentiful and easy to acquire, and young people who live in dangerous neighborhoods say they feel unsafe without them. Now, one group is trying a different tactic, telling those youths: Keep your guns if you must, but learn how to handle them safely.
Para que las armas sean menos peligrosas, un grupo enseña a los jóvenes cómo usarlas

1 month ago | clarin.com | Shaila Dewan

Cada año, el Departamento de Policía de Chicago incauta unas 10.000 armas ilegales y detiene a miles de personas por posesión ilícita de armas. Sin embargo, las armas siguen siendo abundantes y fáciles de adquirir, y los jóvenes que viven en barrios peligrosos dicen sentirse inseguros sin ellas. Ahora, un grupo está explorando una táctica diferente, que les dice a esos jóvenes: “Quédense con sus armas si es necesario, pero aprendan a manejarlas con seguridad”.
Para que las armas sean menos peligrosas, un grupo enseña a los jóvenes cómo usarlas

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Shaila Dewan

Cada año, el Departamento de Policía de Chicago incauta unas 10.000 armas ilegales y detiene a miles de personas por posesión ilícita de armas. Sin embargo, las armas siguen siendo abundantes y fáciles de adquirir, y los jóvenes que viven en barrios peligrosos dicen sentirse inseguros sin ellas. Ahora, un grupo está explorando una táctica diferente, que les dice a esos jóvenes: “Quédense con sus armas si es necesario, pero aprendan a manejarlas con seguridad”.
How to Reduce Gun Deaths? One Group Teaches Young People How to Use Them.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Shaila Dewan

Each year, the Chicago Police Department seizes about 10,000 illegal guns and arrests thousands of people for illegal gun possession. Yet guns remain plentiful and easy to acquire, and young people who live in dangerous neighborhoods say they feel unsafe without them. Now, one group is trying a different tactic, telling those youths: Keep your guns if you must, but learn how to handle them safely.