Executives at ICE’s biggest contractors donated more than $1.7 million to 168 members of Congress over the 3 most recent election cycles. Find out if your representatives are among them with our new searchable database built in partnership with @inthesetimes.com theappeal.org/congress-ice...
Palantir Technologies, which provides ICE with many of the information technology tools used to identify and locate immigrants, was the largest donor, with Palantir execs giving more than $1.3 million to Democrats and Republicans alike.
In 1996, Maria Montalvo was sentenced to 100 years in prison after a jury convicted her of burning her children to death. Today, her attorneys say the conviction was based on junk science. theappeal.org/maria-montal...
California's Gov. Gavin Newsom has touted the "California Model" as a more humane approach to incarceration. Viewed from the ground at San Quentin, it looks more like an expensive rebranding effort to make California prisons appear less inhumane, says Steve Brooks. theappeal.org/california-d...
Pennsylvania has the nation’s highest per capita rate of people serving life without parole. More than a decade of abolitionist organizing helped pave the way for a state supreme court ruling that could shift the momentum. theappeal.org/pennsylvania...
A growing national movement for menstrual equity is calling on prisons to ensure menstrual products are freely available for people who menstruate behind bars. theappeal.org/prison-menst...
Pennsylvania has one of the largest populations of people serving life without parole sentences in the country—in part due to its onerous process for clemency seekers, which requires unanimous approval from a five-member board. theappeal.org/pennsylvania...
Prison prison executives and PACs affiliated with private prison companies donated an additional $1.1 million. The majority of people detained by ICE are held in facilities operated by private prison corporations.
The story builds on our previous reporting on political contributions from ICE contractors. Using Federal Election Commission data, we identified an additional $1.7 million in donations to 168 current members of Congress since the 2022 election cycle.
GEO Group CEO George Zoley suggested that selling private facilities directly to ICE could allow the federal government to dodge lawsuits filed by state and local governments seeking to block detention center operations, elizabethweill.bsky.social reports. theappeal.org/geo-group-ic...
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Maria Montalvo was convicted of her children's murders in 1996. Her attorneys say it was based on now-discredited forensic testimony.
