45 people have died in county jails so far this year, surpassing the rate of the deadliest year on record.

How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. And even once even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researc ...

Deaths in New York City jails nearly tripled last year’s total.

Aramis Furse, 32, died on Rikers Island on December 7. His is the fourteenth Rikers-linked death this year.An officer said Furse appeared “unwell” inside his cell at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island around 2 a.m. Sunday. Paramedics took him to Mount Sinai Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:15 a.m.Deaths in NYC ja ...

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 ...