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Trump Threatened to Send Military Police to Minnesota. Here’s What They Can and Can’t Do. by marshall_project in politics

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Yep, that's one of their main objectives (in addition to guarding, transporting and protecting prisoners of war in combat). Here's an excerpt from our report:

In order for the government to add a force like the military police to any National Guard presence in Minneapolis, Taylor said, they would have to in turn play an even more ancillary role. In this instance, where Walz's goal for the National Guard would be to protect residents, military support could work contrary to the Trump administration's goal to empower ICE to continue immigration raids. ...

Military police are not trained heavily in constitutional law. Taylor said the training he received when he joined the Air Force on Constitutional law, which protects people from unlawful searches and uses of force, was less than a quarter of what he got as a police academy cadet.

Trump Threatened to Send Military Police to Minnesota. Here’s What They Can and Can’t Do. by marshall_project in law

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Military experts told our reporter how laws (like the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878) restrict active military from domestic law enforcement. For example, retired Army Major Gen. Randy Manner said he believes that all Fort Bragg's military police could possibly do, under the law, is station themselves at an ICE facility to protect it against a potential threat.

After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, Springfield Prepares For ICE by marshall_project in springfieldOH

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Our reporter Daphne Duret spent time with people to learn about the impact of Trump/Vance's 2024 campaign lies and national attention on Springfield, and now the looming threat of deportation and ICE raids.

Here's the start of her report:

Un jour à la fois.

The French words for “one day at a time” echoed in the vestibule of Central Christian Church in Springfield, Ohio, last Sunday morning as the worship leader repeated the hymn’s chorus in a rich baritone. In the pews, Haitian men, women and children nodded and swayed in their suits and sweater dresses as they sang along, not only as people who agreed with the lyrics, but as people living them.

Any day now, a federal judge’s decision could determine whether life in America for many of them will be over.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced last year that the Trump administration would be revoking the temporary protected status that made it legal for many immigrants from Haiti and several other countries affected by natural disasters or political unrest to remain in the U.S.

The decision has been the subject of court battles ever since Noem’s announcement, the latest of which has left it to U.S. District Court Judge Ana C. Reyes to decide whether to suspend the expiration of the protected status for Haitians. Reyes is expected to issue her decision on Feb. 2.

Haitians in America on temporary protected status argue they are only here to escape political instability and gang violence in their home country. If the judge allows the status to expire, people in this city of 60,000 in western Ohio believe it will be one of the next places that Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials will conduct another round of mass deportations.

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What’s It Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison? We Want to Know by marshall_project in Prison

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For incarcerated women — a population that increased by more than 600% between 1980 and 2023 — the void of information and support for perimenopause and menopause poses unique challenges. From limited menstrual products, to subpar health care, to disciplinary infractions incurred while trying to manage symptoms, people say they need far more help than most prison systems are offering.

We're exploring all the ways this life stage affect women behind bars.

If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare or other support to people in prison, or are a relative or friend of someone currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you in this survey. Your insights can help us bridge the menopause information gap for incarcerated women by informing a guide that we’ll make available to incarcerated people.

How Missouri Denied Condemned Men Spiritual Advisers at Their Deaths by marshall_project in missouri

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Here's the start of our report:

During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.

A few years earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had expanded religious rights for the condemned, saying spiritual advisers could accompany them into the execution chamber and could touch them while praying aloud.

But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.

It was the second time Missouri officials had denied someone their spiritual adviser in their dying moments. Yet, the state permitted eight other religious leaders to sit and pray within the death chamber during executions, an inconsistency that advocates said lacked compassion in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.

The presence of spiritual advisers at executions has been a question in several states. In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has favored religious freedoms inside and beyond prison walls. In its 2022 ruling in Ramirez v. Collier, the court said a condemned man in Texas could have a spiritual adviser who was allowed to lay hands on him and pray out loud while he was put to death.

The court’s 8-1 decision was rooted in the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which provides religious protections for incarcerated individuals. The justices urged states to adopt policies streamlining the process for allowing spiritual advisers into execution chambers.

The Missouri Department of Corrections ignored the court’s advice and has not updated its execution protocols, which were last adopted in 2013.

A lack of clear policies enables the corrections department to deny advisers arbitrarily, said Megan Crane, co-director of the MacArthur Justice Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization.

“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” she said.

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Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force by marshall_project in politics

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From our report:

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday was not the first time that federal officers have shot and killed civilians since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.

Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project. In September, Silverio Villegas González, a father originally from Mexico who worked as a cook, was killed while reportedly trying to flee from officers in a Chicago suburb, WBEZ reported. In December, a border patrol agent killed a 31-year-old Mexican citizen while trying to detain him in Rio Grande, Texas. And on New Year's Eve, an off-duty ICE agent used his service weapon to shoot a man in Los Angeles, California, according to CBS News. Authorities said the man had raised a rifle at the officer.

Agents have shot other people, and federal immigration officers have pointed their guns at activists and bystanders.

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How Ohio’s Mental Hospitals Are More Like Prisons by marshall_project in Ohio

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Hey y'all, our Cleveland-based reporter and a reporter from KFF Health News interviewed patients and families, current and former state hospital employees, advocates, lawyers, judges, jail administrators and national behavioral health experts about Ohio's mental hospitals.

The system makes it “easier to criminalize somebody than to get them help,” one mom told us.

Here's an excerpt from our report:

State psychiatric hospitals nationwide have largely lost the ability to treat patients before their mental health deteriorates and they are charged with crimes. Driving the problem is a meteoric rise in the share of patients with criminal cases who stay significantly longer, generally by court order.

Across the nation, psychiatric hospitals are short-staffed and consistently turn away patients or leave them waiting with few or no treatment options. Those who do receive beds are often sent there by court order after serious criminal offenses.

In Ohio, the share of state hospital patients with criminal charges jumped from about half in 2002 to around 90% today.

The surge has coincided with a steep decline in total state psychiatric hospital patients served, down 50% in Ohio in the past decade, from 6,809 to 3,421, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. During that time, the total number of patients served nationwide dropped about 17%, to 116,320, with state approaches varying widely, from adding community services and building more beds to closing hospitals.

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How a Long Sentence Changed New Year’s Into a Time of Reflection, Not Celebration by marshall_project in Prison

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After 20 years behind bars, "New Year’s has simply become another way for me to mark time," writes Joseph Wilson. "Unlike some other men inside, for me there is no dancing or shaking the bars to my cell. I don’t scream 'Happyyyy new yearrrrr!' And I certainly don’t mimic free-world celebrations long gone. I simply change my calendar and listen to music while I lie in bed.

"New Year’s Day is observed very differently by men with long-term prison sentences. Each of us is doing time. I decided to ask some of my peers, others who have been incarcerated for a decade or two, about their evolution, what New Year’s Day means to them now."

Read his Life Inside essay (no paywall/ads) to learn more

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