The Trump administration is inflicting unprecedented violence and cruelty on immigrants. Legal service providers are trying their best to protect them, even as the system crumbles.

Maria Chavez has seen firsthand the horror her clients are living with. After fleeing violence in Sudan, Yousif* applied for asylum in the United States. Chavez, the legal director for the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans, represented him through the process. During a break in proceedings as the judge considered his application, t ...

Deaths in New York City jails have already more than doubled last year’s total.

A man detained at Rikers Island died overnight after he was rushed to the hospital, New York City Department of Correction (DOC) officials said. A guard found the man in medical distress in a bathroom at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center around 12:05 a.m. on November 21. He was first taken to a Rikers clinic and later to a nearby hospital, offic ...

We need to expand parole. Many states are doing the opposite.

Bobbi Cobaugh wrote in Inquest that “the only way to atone for a murder was to become a better person.” While incarcerated in the New York State prison system, she earned a paralegal degree, associate and bachelor's degrees in sociology, and a master’s degree in criminal justice. She has completed—and taught—anger replacement programs. And she at ...