New York Focus | HALT Implementation

The HALT Act overhauled New York’s solitary confinement standards.

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Why Are New York’s Prison Guards On Strike? | New York Focus

Wildcat strikes have spread to over half of the state’s prisons.
— Read on nysfocus.com/2025/02/19/why-new-york-prison-guards-strike

Amnesty’s new report ‘Automated Racism’ reveals dangerous discrimination in police prediction tools Almost three-quarters of police forces attempt to predict crime by racially profiling communities across the UK
— Read on www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-police-forces-supercharging-racism-crime-predicting-tech-new-report

The movie is about Harith Augustus, a 37-year-old barber who was shot and killed by police in South Shore in July 2018. The shooting sparked immediate public outcry and legal fights for full access to police body camera video.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2025/02/19/documentary-uses-body-cam-footage-examine-fatal-2018-chicago-police-shooting

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At least 29 recruits have died during basic training at law enforcement academies nationwide in the last decade
— Read on abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/dying-serve-dozens-recruits-died-nationwide-training-become-118915372

In December, Macy’s reported the shoplifting of merchandise worth at least $200 to Philadelphia police 37 times, records show.
— Read on whyy.org/articles/macys-philadelphia-shoplifters-theft/

Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center
— Read on www.investigativepost.org/2025/02/13/richard-hy-update/

Before the birth of the central emergency number, some rural Americans resorted to fireworks and loud noises to attract assistance
— Read on www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dial-up-the-story-of-the-first-911-call-which-was-placed-on-this-day-in-1968-180985980/