Shannon Heffernan

Chicago

Reporter for @MarshallProj focused on prisons/jails. Formerly @WBEZ/@propublica local reporting network. Host of season 4 of Motive.

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The Feds Are Offering Migrants Cash to Self-Deport. Lawyers Call These Incentives Misleading.

1 week ago | themarshallproject.org | Jamiles Lartey |Shannon Heffernan

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? Sign up for future newsletters. This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced a sweetener to its pitch for immigrants without legal status to leave the U.S. on their own: forgiveness of fines that the department says total nearly $3 billion. The proposed deal for self-deportation sounds pretty good on paper.
How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

1 month ago | beatricedailysun.com | Shannon Heffernan

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How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

2 months ago | trib.com | Shannon Heffernan

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How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

2 months ago | muscatinejournal.com | Shannon Heffernan

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Meet Trump’s new bureau of prisons director - The Boston Globe

2 months 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.
How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

2 months ago | trib.com | Shannon Heffernan

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How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

2 months ago | beatricedailysun.com | Shannon Heffernan

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Georgia’s Bipartisan Push To Reform Sentences For Abuse Survivors

2 months ago | themarshallproject.org | Shannon Heffernan

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. Latoya Dickens says she’s been robbed of her life twice. The first time, it was taken by a man who she said violently abused and controlled her for over a decade, starting when she was a teenager. The second time, she says, the state of Georgia took it — when they put her in prison for killing him in self-defense.
Trump's new director of federal prison system led a troubled state agency

2 months 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.
How Trump is trying to expand the already colossal U.S. prison system

2 months ago | muscatinejournal.com | Shannon Heffernan

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