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  • Published on May 19, 2026

    WA’s transgender prisoner policy is target of new federal investigation

    The Trump administration on Tuesday launched an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women in its women’s prison.  In a letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice cited allegations that the Washington …

    Source: Washington State Standard - Left-wing
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    Israel to sue NYTs over article alleging Palestinian rape in prisons

    Israeli officials have ordered the initiation of a libel lawsuit against The New York Times, following the publication of a controversial opinion column that Israeli officials have labeled a "blood libel."  The lawsuit targets a column by …

    Source: I24 News - Pending
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    Israel to sue New York Times over prison rape story

    Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on Thursday the initiation of a lawsuit against The New York Times for publishing “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel.” On May 11, the …

    Source: Vancouver Sun - Neutral
  • Published on May 17, 2026

    Journalistic pornography: The New York Times and the new blood libel

    It seems that the article published last week, “The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians,” which amounts to journalistic pornography, should mark a watershed moment for journalism, which has sunk to an unprecedented moral low. It is not as though …

    Source: Ynet - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 13, 2026

    A sinister crackdown on your freedoms is gathering pace

    In 1972, I was a post-grad student at Oxford when Idi Amin expelled all Asians from Uganda. Everything fell apart. I thought I’d have to quit university. Professor Hugh Blaschko, a world-famous German Jewish pharmacologist and his Quaker wife, Mary, …

    Source: The i paper - Neutral
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    NewsBusters Podcast: Putting a Redsteeze Squeeze on Media Misbehavior

    Stephen L. Miller -- "Redsteeze" on X -- won our Bulldog Award for Outstanding Social Media Personality for taking on all kinds of media misbehavior on Elon's free-speech playground. He has more than half-million followers on X and a " …

    Source: News Busters - Virginia - Right-wing
  • Published on May 16, 2026

    Israel Threatens New York Times Over Nicholas Kristof Column Alleging Systematic Sexual Abuse of Palestinians

    A profound political and media crisis has erupted between Israel and The New York Times following publication of one of the most controversial and morally explosive pieces of journalism to emerge from the Gaza war. The article, written by veteran columnist …

    Source: Great Reporter - Indeterminate
  • Published on May 8, 2026

    Goal Of Zero Tolerance Of Sex Abuse In Prison Vs Reality: GAO Report

    The Government Accountability Office came out with a report on the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). So far, the goal of the act has not lived up to its lofty goals. getty More than two decades after Congress declared “zero …

    Source: Forbes - Neutral
  • Published on May 15, 2026

    Kitsap County man sues DOC over alleged anti-gay harassment at treatment facility

    The lawsuit says staff made anti-gay comments and pushed Christian beliefs. KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A Kitsap County man is suing the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) and American Behavioral Health Systems, alleging he faced anti-gay …

    Source: KING 5 - Washington State - Neutral
  • Published on May 15, 2026

    COD and Partners Against Violence bring Denim Day to campus

    On April 29, College of the Desert and Partners Against Violence recognized Denim Day on the Palm Desert campus. Denim Day is an annual event for supporting victims of sexual violence and providing education on sexual violence prevention and safety. COD …

    Source: The Chaparral - California - Pending
  • Published on May 5, 2026

    Texas Runs on Prison Slave Labor

    This essay mentions prison sexual assault. All statistics cited here are drawn from Robert T. Chase, We Are Not Slaves: State Violence, Coerced Labor, and Prisoners' Rights in Postwar America (UNC Press, 2020). Narratives around labor in the U.S. South …

    Source: Scalawag Magazine - Left-wing
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    Rape and Torture in Palestine

    Screenshot On Tuesday, Judge Napolitano asked me to respond to Nicholas Kristof’s reporting on the systemic rape and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners and hostages. Here is what I had to say: Napolitano: Let’s go to another article, which is of some …

    Source: CounterPunch - Left-wing
  • Published on May 14, 2026

    State Laws Are ‘Leveraging Criminalization as a Tactic Against Trans People’

    State legislators have passed hundreds of anti-trans laws since 2020, and proposed even more bills. A growing segment of those laws create new criminal penalties that could now lead to jail or prison time in 10 states. That’s according to legal data from  …

    Source: Truthdig - Left-wing
  • Published on May 13, 2026

    Matthew Hoh – Rape and Torture in Palestine

    What Nicholas Kristof left out of The New York Times. Matthew Hoh is the Associate Director of the Eisenhower Media Network. A former Marine and State Department official who resigned in protest over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Cross-posted from Matt’ …

    Source: Brave New Europe - Left-wing
  • Published on May 13, 2026

    A new crop of state laws are ‘leveraging criminalization as a tactic against trans people’

    Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. State legislators have passed hundreds of anti-trans laws since 2020, and …

    Source: Prism - Left-wing
  • Published on May 12, 2026

    Federal lawsuit alleges years of sexual abuse at former San Bernardino Juvenile Hall

    A federal lawsuit alleges 10 former San Bernardino Juvenile Hall detainees were sexually abused by staff more than 20 years ago and accuses the county of institutional negligence and failure to protect minors in custody. The lawsuit, first filed in San …

    Source: Orange County Register - California - Pending
  • Published on May 11, 2026

    Charleston County detention center earns national health care accreditation

    CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — The Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center has earned accreditation from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care for its compliance with the Standards for Health Services in Jails. To maintain NCCHC accreditation …

    Source: WCSC - South Carolina - Pending
  • Published on May 11, 2026

    Senate Democrats press DOJ over anti-trans prison directives

    U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is urging acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and William Marshall III, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, to reverse a policy affecting transgender inmates that lawmakers say is “endangering” their “health and …

    Source: Washington Blade - Washington D.C. - Left-wing
  • Published on Apr 27, 2026

    Men accused of raping cellmates mistakenly allowed to stay in shared cells by Queensland prison staff

    Men charged with alleged prison rapes were allowed to stay in shared cells – against strict protocols – by Queensland corrections staff who mistakenly believed their cases were “closed” and that they posed no risk, a report by the state’s ombudsman has …

    Source: The Guardian - Center-left

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  • Published on May 19, 2026 - 05:35 GMT

    Australia Worst Prison Statistics

    The 2026 International Corrections and Prisons Association conference revealed Australia's recidivism rates as the highest in the world on the global stage. SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, May 19, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Media Release May 20, …

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  • Published on May 18, 2026 - 20:44 GMT

    Major Milestone in Transforming Ex-Lincoln Correctional Facility

    Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the redevelopment of the former Lincoln Correctional Facility in Harlem has reached a major milestone, with the development team closing on $97.8 million in financing to transform the long-vacant site into 105 …

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