Ethan Corey
Research & Projects Editor | @theappeal.org
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- New from @theappeal.org and @typeinvestigations.org: For years, people incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison have raised the alarm about mystery diseases and foul-smelling water at the prison. But no one is taking responsibility for ensuring the water is safe. theappeal.org/mule-creek-d...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyMy latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyFlock “is building a product that will use people lookup tools, data brokers, and data breaches to ‘jump from LPR [license plate reader] to person,’ allowing police to much more easily identify and track the movements of specific people around the country without a warrant or court order…”
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyLOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has reduced the Menendez brothers' murder sentences, making them eligible for parole.
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyHonestly given where things are heading, and have been, we need more prison journalism. Every beat exists in prison: health care, education, labor, inequality, markets, media, the arts, the law, politics…
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyBREAKING: The Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, holds that Florida’s anti-drag law is likely unconstitutional and upholds the injunction barring enforcement of the ban. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyThe Ag Committee's part of the Reconciliation Bill raises the SNAP work requirement age for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64. It also changes the definition of "dependent child" from under 18 years to under 7 years old to determine "Able-bodied adult without dependents."
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- It's great that the First Lady is an entrepreneurial role model for Americans everywhere. May we all aspire to leverage our spouse's political power to get hefty licensing fees for our autobiographical documentaries! #grindset #inspiration
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyImmigration Judges Closed and Denied More Asylum Cases in March Than Any Month on Record In a record-breaking month, immigration judges fast-tracked asylum denials at a record pace, raising questions about the future of the asylum system. austinkocher.substack.com/p/immigratio...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyPolice completed more than 1 million photo searches thru Clearview AI The technology is responsible for misidentifications that landed people in jail “Imagine you’re living your life and somewhere far away says you committed a crime...And you know you’ve never been there" @themarshallproject.org
- Reposted by Ethan CoreySadly, this is not new! CBP for many decades routinely confiscated any medication migrants had on them and toss it in the trash. It was a part of our lawsuit against the Tucson Sector BP in 2015.
- More details are emerging as Rep. Joaquin Castro meets with the deported family of the 11yo U.S. citizen girl in Mexico. CBP agents *confiscated her seizure meds.* That’s not law enforcement—it’s abuse. Keep reposting. Keep raising hell. Be a voice for the voiceless. #OnYourSide
- “Because you don‘t know what‘s going to happen to you after you drink out of the tap. You‘re going to be sitting on the toilet all day or seeing a doctor,” Dixon, now 58, said. “That‘s typical.” www.nj.com/mercer/2025/...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyFloridians were preparing new initiatives on behalf of Medicaid expansion, abortion rights, and other issues on the ballot. But a new law makes these efforts a lot tougher, threatening volunteers with investigations and criminal punishment. boltsmag.org/florida...
- It does seem like as a matter of basic fairness, if you run or own a company that produces toxic waste or emissions, said waste/emissions should be directly piped to your home first.
- The guy who founded the original parent company of GEO Group would have really fit in well in today's political climate
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyAs the TX House prepares to vote on HB 2486 this weekend (which I've called the Bill Waybourn Protection Act), making misconduct records about Texas cops and jailers secret, news comes of a Bexar County jailer that shows what they want to sweep under the rug. www.expressnews.com/news/article...
- The CAL FIRE chabot isn't sure whether or not it's a good idea to use gasoline to burn brush. 😕
- NEW: California has launched ‘Ask CAL FIRE”, an AI-powered chatbot on @calfire.bsky.social’s website offering wildfire resources and emergency information in 70 languages. We’re committed to transforming government to more efficiently and effectively serve people.
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyA firing squad in South Carolina missed the target over Mikal Mahdi's heart during execution last, causing him to suffer a prolonged death: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreySeveral Columbia Univ student journalists are suspended after covering protests (while wearing press ID) in the main library. Their access to campus is blocked, and they can't take final exams. Also: Columbia's acting president is a former ABC journalist www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...
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- Jeanine Pirro, the Fox media personality Trump just appointed as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, has a history of prosecutorial misconduct, including at least two cases where she sent the wrong person to prison for murder. theappeal.org/cage-the-bas...
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyNewsletter: Crypto traders are spending millions of dollars on TRUMP memecoins to buy access to the president at an upcoming private dinner, exacerbating existing ethics concerns. 73% of the attendees are likely not American, only adding further concerns over foreign influence.
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyIn an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect. This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus. www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyICE Arrests Farm Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case theintercept.com/2025/05/05/i...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyEl Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.
- I cannot emphasize enough that this screenshot is from a document the DOJ created to illustrate their changes to the survey. I wish I were making it up!
- Another survey examined sexual misconduct against kids locked up in juvenile facilities. Data from past surveys shows that trans kids face sexual assault at a much higher rate, but we won't have that data going forward, because the DOJ literally crossed it out. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
- Scoop from yours truly: In a series of largely unnoticed revisions in late March, the Justice Department deleted questions about gender identity from major surveys, including the National Crime Victimization Survey, possibly violating federal law: theappeal.org/trump-doj-er...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyThe Education Department was deep into an investigation of a school district where students allegedly played whipping sounds from their phones during a lesson about slavery. Then in March, Trump fired all of the employees working on the case. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social & @jodiscohen.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ethan CoreySCOOP: Sources tell us several L.A. federal prosecutors resigned after Trump-appointed U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli offered a plea deal to an L.A. Sheriff's deputy who'd already been convicted in excessive force case. w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social & @keribla.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyOn May 2nd, in Western NY, federal immigration agents stopped a bus of farm workers from Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms. They had a list of names, including UFW worker leaders who have been organizing to unionize their workplace. Those workers were detained. 1/ #WeFeedYou
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyTrump signed an executive order today aimed at ending government funding for NPR and PBS. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by Ethan Coreya small Texas county found a way to make money off migrants: arrest them for trespassing, make them post bail to get out of jail, turn them over to ICE, collect forfeited bail money. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyNew: State regulators pull license of title company connected to ABC Capital, which sold more than 1,000 homes in distressed Baltimore neighbors to foreign investors with disastrous results www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...
- Judging from some old family recipes I've seen, my great-grandparents largely subsisted on gelatin, mayonnaise, Pillsbury canned dough, and heaping amounts of salt.
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyI was able to talk about the danger to one of our clients at @unlvimmigration.bsky.social (co-counsel with @aclunv.bsky.social), and the absurdity of giving someone just 24 hour warning that he might be sent to a foreign prison, never to return. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Some relevant context on Libya's migrant prisons: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Trump administration has discussed deporting migrants to Libya and Rwanda. In the case of Libya, this would include “asylum seekers apprehended at the US border.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/p...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyNEW: Columbia pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi walked out of court today after a judge ordered his immediate release from ICE detention. His words to Trump: "I am not afraid of you." w/ Liz Crampton www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyBreaking news: The Justice Department has begun the first criminal prosecutions of migrants who breach a newly expanded military zone at the southern border that is patrolled by U.S. troops, threatening people with additional penalties for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyNarcan, opioid overdose reversal medication, saves hundreds of thousands of lives a year. But the Trump admin plans to terminate a $56M annual grant program that distributes doses and trains emergency responders in communities across the country to administer them. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
- Apropos of nothing, RFK Jr. canceled this survey last week www.cdc.gov/nisvs/about/...
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyNEW: Police are using “tower dumps” to get data on any vehicle that connected to cell towers thanks to connected car features. But automaker & ISP policies dictate what cops can get w/o a warrant. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop. (no paywall bc FOIA) www.wired.com/story/police...
- If you are a government spokesperson, it is your _job_ to be quoted in the press. This "declined to be named" person should consider a different career if they don't want to be named. (Fwiw, this is super common especially with some federal agencies, but that doesn't make it any less ridiculous.)
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyIn the U.S. in 1825, *452* out of 1000 children born died before their 5th birthday. By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children. Today, in 2025, that number is *7* And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology. 9/
- Reposted by Ethan CoreyHorrifying. Tragic. Terrible. people.com/virginia-giu...
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- Reposted by Ethan Corey"The National PREA Resource Center is a library of every everything that's ever been written about how to prevent and address sexual violence in custodial settings, and it's staffed with experts who can answer one off questions ... Defunding them is like burning that library to the ground."
- DOJ has terminated all funding for the PREA Resource Center and its activities, including support for all audit functions, effective immediately. theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
- HUGE FOIA news: The Bureau of Justice Statistics just released unredacted data on more than 20,000 deaths in jails and prisons between 2015 and 2019 in response to a FOIA lawsuit filed by USA Today in 2022. www.ojp.gov/program/ojp-...
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- Reposted by Ethan CoreyDOJ/DOGE zeroing out all funding for PREA Resource Center work will make it even harder to hold prison and jail officials responsible for the sexual assaults of the people locked up in their facilities @theappeal.org @elizabethweill.bsky.social theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
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