News Category: The Appeal

I’ve been in prison for 42 years. After New York State closed my facility, it sent me to Sing Sing—a prison filled with tension and violence. The post ‘Sing Sing is a war zone.’ appeared first on The Appeal.

“I’d rather not live than be forced to live as a man,” a trans woman in a federal prison in New Jersey said in a sworn statement. The post Trans Prisoners Say Trump’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Could Be Deadly appeared first on The Appeal.

At least one trans woman in federal prison says Trump’s executive order has already prevented her from receiving hormone therapy, leading to “thoughts of suicide and self-harm.” The post Trans Prisoners Sue to Block Trump Order Banning Gender-Affirming Care appeared first on The Appeal.

For more than 10 years, a group of incarcerated men have said Illinois prison guards forced them into painful stress positions and forced them to rub their genitals on one another. The post ‘Orange Crush’ Officers Sexually Humiliated, Abused Men in Illinois Prisons, Lawsuit Says appeared first on The Appeal.

I was raised an Eagles fan. Their Super Bowl win reminded me of painful lessons my father and his father gave me. The post In Prison, Football Helps Me Teach About Toxic Masculinity appeared first on The Appeal.

Data obtained by The Appeal shows that more than 75 percent of the misconduct incidents in NLEAD, the federal police misconduct database Trump deleted this month, were generated by prison and border guards. The post Trump’s Deleted Police Misconduct Database Was Full of Prison and Border Incidents appeared first on The Appeal.

GEO Group Chairman George Zoley said the company stands to gain up to $1 billion in additional revenue from detaining and surveilling undocumented immigrants. The post Private Prison Exec Calls Mass Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ appeared first on The Appeal.