Michael Broadway died from an asthma attack on a scorching day inside an Illinois prison. Witnesses said a nurse didn't want to climb the stairs to his cell. A friend in a nearby cell put it plainly: “staff in these prisons DO NOT see us as human beings.”
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In Illinois, a Private Prison Company's Long Trail of Deaths and High-Dollar Contracts - Bolts
This year, Illinois again picked Wexford Health Services for prison health care despite longstanding claims of neglect. A judge has since extended ...
Our cheat sheet of more than 500 elections and ballot measures contains explanations of why they matter and how they could affect national and local power and policy. We will update the page with the results once they are known, so be sure to bookmark it.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2024 General Elections - Bolts
Bolts guides you through more than 500 elections up and down the ballot, and why they matter.
Public office can learn from public health, says the scientist leading Sacramento's mayoral race: “It's about maximizing the number of years in your life & the quality of life in your years—I see that as the major charge of every public-facing institution.”
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The Epidemiologist Running for Mayor to Bring Public Health to Sacramento Politics - Bolts
Flojaune Cofer, the epidemiologist and leading candidate in Sacramento’s mayoral race, will always remember watching her father die from congesti...
Native leaders say ranked choice voting has opened the door to more candidates to run in Alaska, and they worry its repeal would limit that diversity.
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Native Leaders Organize to Defend Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting System - Bolts
The Alaska Federation of Natives is hoping to defeat a November ballot measure that would repeal the state’s new election rules, adopted just fou...
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and billionaire Richard Uihlein are supporting some local conservative candidates in Florida who are trying to take over local elections offices.
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Six “America First” Candidates, Vying to Take Over Florida Elections, Advance to November - Bolts
Editor’s note (Nov. 7): Members of this coalition won the general elections in Monroe and Seminole counties, and lost in the other counties i...
La Shae Henderson, a former public defender running for judge in Los Angeles, wants to see the principles of youth justice apply to adults. She wants to focus on rehabilitation and restorative practices, telling Bolts it “would prevent more recidivism.”
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Public Defenders Look to Grow Their Presence on the Bench in Los Angeles - Bolts
Hoping to reform county courts, three public defenders are running for judge this fall. They want to build on the success of one candidate in 2022 ...
Several public defenders are running for judge in California in November, an election that could challenge the status quo of high bail and reshape a system long rooted in punitive practices.
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Public Defenders Look to Grow Their Presence on the Bench in Los Angeles - Bolts
Hoping to reform county courts, three public defenders are running for judge this fall. They want to build on the success of one candidate in 2022 ...
The federal constitution, as well as the constitutions of 16 states, never fully abolished slavery. This allows prisons to force incarcerated people to work jobs they have little to no say in for as little as pennies an hour.
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The California Ballot Measure That Could End Forced Prison Labor - Bolts
Prop 6 would amend California's constitution to ban “involuntary servitude” and prohibit state prisons from punishing incarcerated people ...
Republicans in Arizona have placed a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that'd squash future citizen-led initiatives.
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Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measures - Bolts
Editor’s note: Arizonans rejected this ballot measure in November 2024. An initiative to protect abortion access in Arizona has gathered more...
In Los Angeles, a new set of public defenders is running for judge in November. Their goal? They insist that the job of a judge should be more about finding creative solutions to foster rehabilitation than doling out punishment.
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Public Defenders Look to Grow Their Presence on the Bench in Los Angeles - Bolts
Hoping to reform county courts, three public defenders are running for judge this fall. They want to build on the success of one candidate in 2022 ...