Hernandez D. Stroud
@stroud.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. Adjunct Professor, Columbia University and New York University. hernandez.stroud@nyu.edu
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Marcy is the prison where Robert Brooks was killed by a group of officers as he was handcuffed on Dec. 9, 2024.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Marcy is the prison where Robert Brooks was killed by a group of officers as he was handcuffed on Dec. 9, 2024.
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Does mayor-elect Mamdani support a receiver for Rikers Island? "I think that Eric Adams’ actions have left us with no alternative. I also think that the fact that we have ended here is a reflection of what he has and hasn’t done," he told @katiehonan.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
15 Minutes With the Next Mayor of New York City
On the W train, we asked the questions we couldn’t get to in the debate.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Does mayor-elect Mamdani support a receiver for Rikers Island? "I think that Eric Adams’ actions have left us with no alternative. I also think that the fact that we have ended here is a reflection of what he has and hasn’t done," he told @katiehonan.bsky.social
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/05/m...
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A new proposal would require judges who hand down sentences or make detention decisions to conduct meaningful prison visits annually. The proposed change would be the first of its kind in the nation and mandate hundreds of in-depth judicial visits to state prisons. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/b...
Bringing the Bench Behind Bars: Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges
For decades, many New York judges skipped required visits. A new rule would change that.
www.thecity.nyc
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A new proposal would require judges who hand down sentences or make detention decisions to conduct meaningful prison visits annually. The proposed change would be the first of its kind in the nation and mandate hundreds of in-depth judicial visits to state prisons. www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/b...
Ready to dive into a mountain of leaves.
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ready to dive into a mountain of leaves.
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Tomorrow, SCOTUS will hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major threat to (what remains of) the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But this isn't the first time the VRA has faced dire threats; in 2013 and 2021, SCOTUS weakened other provisions. We can learn from those why Callais could be so dangerous 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Tomorrow, SCOTUS will hear arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major threat to (what remains of) the 1965 Voting Rights Act. But this isn't the first time the VRA has faced dire threats; in 2013 and 2021, SCOTUS weakened other provisions. We can learn from those why Callais could be so dangerous 🧵
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'The Alabama Solution' secretly captures the brutal conditions inside a penal system declared unconstitutional
Review: 'The Alabama Solution' secretly captures the brutal conditions inside a penal system declared unconstitutional
Secretly filmed by a network of inmates without official approval, the footage in Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman's documentary is eye-opening and enraging.
www.latimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
'The Alabama Solution' secretly captures the brutal conditions inside a penal system declared unconstitutional
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So proud of our Stanford colleague Will Tarpeh, newly named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Will is a brilliant and innovative scientist and a deeply committed community builder who helped launch a support network for junior Black faculty at Stanford. We’re all beaming!
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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Stanford Professor William Tarpeh receives MacArthur Fellowship
The chemical engineering professor was recognized for his advances in recovering valuable materials from wastewater. “This award is a testament to my community,” he says.
news.stanford.edu
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So proud of our Stanford colleague Will Tarpeh, newly named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! Will is a brilliant and innovative scientist and a deeply committed community builder who helped launch a support network for junior Black faculty at Stanford. We’re all beaming!
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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for the weekend crowd: take a moment today to explore what's on the ballot next month!
it's not all about NYC, VA, and NJ: i put together a guide of the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.
explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
it's not all about NYC, VA, and NJ: i put together a guide of the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.
explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
October 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
for the weekend crowd: take a moment today to explore what's on the ballot next month!
it's not all about NYC, VA, and NJ: i put together a guide of the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.
explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
it's not all about NYC, VA, and NJ: i put together a guide of the 180+ key races you should know about, across 32 states.
explore, & find the ones that interest you the most, here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Finding art in life on the subway.
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Finding art in life on the subway.
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Justice Eddins: “No US Supreme Court opinion has tackled the recording of custodial interrogations. If a case did though, we would still look to our state constitution first.”
Hawaii's Const “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections.”
Hawaii's Const “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections.”
Hawai'i's supreme court issued a major ruling.
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Justice Eddins: “No US Supreme Court opinion has tackled the recording of custodial interrogations. If a case did though, we would still look to our state constitution first.”
Hawaii's Const “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections.”
Hawaii's Const “offers safety to Hawaii’s people that exceeds the federal constitution’s suddenly fluid protections.”
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The Administration's plans to fight crime using the National Guard are not the way to build real, lasting safety. Here's what the evidence shows can work, even as we continue to see national declines in crime. New from the @brennancenter.org:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
What Actually Works to Fight Crime
The administration’s plans to fight crime by dictating state bail policy or deploying the National Guard won’t build long-term safety, but there are many evidence-based ways to reduce crime.
www.brennancenter.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Administration's plans to fight crime using the National Guard are not the way to build real, lasting safety. Here's what the evidence shows can work, even as we continue to see national declines in crime. New from the @brennancenter.org:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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If the Admin is serious about crime prevention & helping cities with crime rates, the work starts with listening to local leaders, following the evidence, & providing support, not with deploying the Guard. @amescg.bsky.social and I walk through the evidence in a new @brennancenter.org analysis:
What Actually Works to Fight Crime
The administration’s plans to fight crime by dictating state bail policy or deploying the National Guard won’t build long-term safety, but there are many evidence-based ways to reduce crime.
www.brennancenter.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If the Admin is serious about crime prevention & helping cities with crime rates, the work starts with listening to local leaders, following the evidence, & providing support, not with deploying the Guard. @amescg.bsky.social and I walk through the evidence in a new @brennancenter.org analysis:
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Congress in July tripled the budget of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including possibly doubling detention capacity.
@lbeisen.bsky.social outlines how private prison companies and their ecosystem may grow so large that it will be hard to unwind:
@lbeisen.bsky.social outlines how private prison companies and their ecosystem may grow so large that it will be hard to unwind:
Private Prison Companies’ Enormous Windfall: Who Stands to Gain as ICE Expands
With unparalleled funding for ICE, corporations supporting the growth of detention infrastructure will continue to see soaring profits.
www.justsecurity.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Congress in July tripled the budget of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including possibly doubling detention capacity.
@lbeisen.bsky.social outlines how private prison companies and their ecosystem may grow so large that it will be hard to unwind:
@lbeisen.bsky.social outlines how private prison companies and their ecosystem may grow so large that it will be hard to unwind:
Hawai'i's supreme court issued a major ruling.
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
Hawaii Supreme Court Expands Rights of Defendants, and Once Again Rebukes SCOTUS - Bolts
Hawaii justices ruled that their state constitution requires police to record interrogations. And they vowed to protect due process for Hawaiians—unlike, they said, the Roberts Court.
boltsmag.org
September 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hawai'i's supreme court issued a major ruling.
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
From now on, police MUST record interrogations of suspects at police stations (& when feasible, outside police stations, too).
The ruling aims to promote fairness when a defendant's word stands against an officer's word. boltsmag.org/hawaii-supre...
NOW: @deborahnarcher.bsky.social and Susan Sturm discussing how to address structural injustice and racial inequality at the Brooklyn Book Festival — with @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social moderating.
September 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NOW: @deborahnarcher.bsky.social and Susan Sturm discussing how to address structural injustice and racial inequality at the Brooklyn Book Festival — with @ahoagfordjour.bsky.social moderating.
I spoke weeks ago with @latimes.com about what it would mean for a state court judge in California to seize control of the embattled L.A. County juvenile halls.
A decision could come soon. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A decision could come soon. www.latimes.com/california/s...
L.A. County unlikely to fight probation takeover — as long as receiver battles problem staffers
L.A. County supervisors say they're open to the idea of a receiver taking over control of the troubled juvenile halls. But for it work, they say the receiver must go after union contracts and civil se...
www.latimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I spoke weeks ago with @latimes.com about what it would mean for a state court judge in California to seize control of the embattled L.A. County juvenile halls.
A decision could come soon. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A decision could come soon. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A state judge in California might soon strip L.A. County officials of the power to run their juvenile halls. If that happens, the judge would appoint an outside administrator — called a receiver — to try to reform the problem-plagued institution. www.latimes.com/california/s...
A.G. Rob Bonta seeks takeover of scandal-plagued L.A. County juvenile halls
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta will ask a judge to place L.A. County's juvenile halls in 'receivership,' effectively wrestling control of the youth halls away from the L.A. County Probation Departmen...
www.latimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A state judge in California might soon strip L.A. County officials of the power to run their juvenile halls. If that happens, the judge would appoint an outside administrator — called a receiver — to try to reform the problem-plagued institution. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The Roberts Supreme Court's campaign finance rulings have “left us with the situation that allows virtually unlimited wheeling and dealing,” says the Brennan Center's Daniel Weiner.
Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Roberts Supreme Court's campaign finance rulings have “left us with the situation that allows virtually unlimited wheeling and dealing,” says the Brennan Center's Daniel Weiner.
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Crime prevention works when it builds on community trust and evidence-based solutions, not performative displays of force. bit.ly/4neYVD1
What Actually Works to Fight Crime
The administration’s plans to fight crime by dictating state bail policy or deploying the National Guard won’t build long-term safety, but there are many evidence-based ways to reduce crime.
www.brennancenter.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Crime prevention works when it builds on community trust and evidence-based solutions, not performative displays of force. bit.ly/4neYVD1
Barnaby soaking up the end of summer in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow.
September 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Barnaby soaking up the end of summer in Prospect Park’s Long Meadow.
NEW: Three years after U.S. Judge Carlton Reeves seized the troubled Hinds County, Miss. jail through receivership, the receiver — Wendell France, Jr. — is set to start running it on Oct. 1.
A former cop & asst. jail warden, France will prioritize staffing. mississippitoday.org/2025/09/18/f...
A former cop & asst. jail warden, France will prioritize staffing. mississippitoday.org/2025/09/18/f...
Federal receiver to take control of Hinds County jail Oct. 1 - Mississippi Today
Wendell France Jr. appointed federal receiver, will take "operational control" of the Raymond Detention Center to fix ongoing unconstitutional conditions.
mississippitoday.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW: Three years after U.S. Judge Carlton Reeves seized the troubled Hinds County, Miss. jail through receivership, the receiver — Wendell France, Jr. — is set to start running it on Oct. 1.
A former cop & asst. jail warden, France will prioritize staffing. mississippitoday.org/2025/09/18/f...
A former cop & asst. jail warden, France will prioritize staffing. mississippitoday.org/2025/09/18/f...
California's incarcerated firefighters — who earn about $1 per hour — might soon get a hefty raise. www.latimes.com/california/s...
California's incarcerated firefighters, who earn about $1 per hour, may soon get a hefty raise
On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour while assigned to an active fire, a raise of more than 700%.
www.latimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
California's incarcerated firefighters — who earn about $1 per hour — might soon get a hefty raise. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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🚔 Opioid treatment in jails saves lives
A new study found that people who received medications for opioid use disorder while jailed were less likely to overdose, die, or return to jail after release.
🔗 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#SciComm 🧪 #Opioids #Prisons
A new study found that people who received medications for opioid use disorder while jailed were less likely to overdose, die, or return to jail after release.
🔗 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#SciComm 🧪 #Opioids #Prisons
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails — Outcomes after Release | NEJM
In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot
programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid
use disorder (MOUD). This...
www.nejm.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚔 Opioid treatment in jails saves lives
A new study found that people who received medications for opioid use disorder while jailed were less likely to overdose, die, or return to jail after release.
🔗 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#SciComm 🧪 #Opioids #Prisons
A new study found that people who received medications for opioid use disorder while jailed were less likely to overdose, die, or return to jail after release.
🔗 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
#SciComm 🧪 #Opioids #Prisons
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As a federal judge contemplates who to assign to take over managing Rikers Island, Carlos Cruz, 43, has become the 12th person to die in a city jail this year — as he waited more than two months to be transferred upstate. “He was looking forward to going upstate."
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/r...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/r...
Twelfth Death on Rikers Raises Heat on Federal Judge Set to Assign Manager
Carlos Cruz, 43, sentenced to five years for arson, died while waiting more than two months to be transferred to state prison amid a mounting crisis inside city jails.
www.thecity.nyc
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
As a federal judge contemplates who to assign to take over managing Rikers Island, Carlos Cruz, 43, has become the 12th person to die in a city jail this year — as he waited more than two months to be transferred upstate. “He was looking forward to going upstate."
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/r...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/04/r...