Cary Aspinwall
@caryaspinwall.bsky.social
Investigative reporter for The Marshall Project. Prairie tumbleweed.
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Tomorrow on @Reddit @reddit_AMA - we are some of the reporters for @MarshallProj reporting on immigration detention & courts: Ask us anything!
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From the IAmA community on Reddit: The U.S. immigration detention budget is exploding, mass deportations continue daily and business is booming for private prisons holding detainees. We are journalist...
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July 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Tomorrow on @Reddit @reddit_AMA - we are some of the reporters for @MarshallProj reporting on immigration detention & courts: Ask us anything!
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Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
Dozens of Teens From Abusive Florida School Ended Up on Death Row
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
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July 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Michael Bell, set to be executed Tuesday, is among at least 34 boys from the Dozier School later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
Had to say goodbye to this sweet angel teddy bear boy this weekend. 💔 Rescues are worth every moment of work.
July 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Had to say goodbye to this sweet angel teddy bear boy this weekend. 💔 Rescues are worth every moment of work.
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Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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July 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
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“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
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In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
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A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prison
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July 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”
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Come along with me, on a journey to Leavenworth, KS, where a bunch of locals -including some nuns - are fighting the reopening of a CoreCivic facility to warehouse immigration detainees. They hatched plans at the library over homemade cookies & sun tea: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/01/l...
Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Come along with me, on a journey to Leavenworth, KS, where a bunch of locals -including some nuns - are fighting the reopening of a CoreCivic facility to warehouse immigration detainees. They hatched plans at the library over homemade cookies & sun tea: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/07/01/l...
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The Mississippi Supreme Court is now requiring greater transparency from the local judges who largely manage the state's patchwork public defense systems.
In a recent letter, Chief Justice Michael Randolph told circuit judges to file written public defense plans by Sept. 5.
In a recent letter, Chief Justice Michael Randolph told circuit judges to file written public defense plans by Sept. 5.
July 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Mississippi Supreme Court is now requiring greater transparency from the local judges who largely manage the state's patchwork public defense systems.
In a recent letter, Chief Justice Michael Randolph told circuit judges to file written public defense plans by Sept. 5.
In a recent letter, Chief Justice Michael Randolph told circuit judges to file written public defense plans by Sept. 5.
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Leavenworth, KS had one go-round with CoreCivic from 1992 to 2021. Now, the private prison operator is trying to reopen a detention center there. Local residents don't want a round 2.
A good read from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social
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A good read from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social
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Why This Conservative Town Is Fighting a New Immigration Prison
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Leavenworth, KS had one go-round with CoreCivic from 1992 to 2021. Now, the private prison operator is trying to reopen a detention center there. Local residents don't want a round 2.
A good read from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social
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A good read from @caryaspinwall.bsky.social
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Could not be more proud of my longtime friends @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social & their amazing all-female team winning a Pulitzer for this important reporting 💪
So humbled that our project, "The Life of the Mother," has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service. Thank you Mayron Hollis and the families of Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi for trusting us to tell their stories. www.propublica.org/article/prop...
ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service
The award, for exposing the fatal consequences of abortion bans, marks ProPublica’s 8th Pulitzer; investigation into mental health care access is named a Pulitzer finalist.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Could not be more proud of my longtime friends @zivabranstetter.bsky.social & @cassandrajaramillo.bsky.social & their amazing all-female team winning a Pulitzer for this important reporting 💪
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🕊️ In post-Roe America, grief’s invisible strings are being tied into chains. In Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama, miscarriage—already heavy with sorrow—can now summon handcuffs instead of compassion.
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🕊️ In post-Roe America, grief’s invisible strings are being tied into chains. In Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama, miscarriage—already heavy with sorrow—can now summon handcuffs instead of compassion.
🔗 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/02/l...
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These States Have Investigated Miscarriages and Stillbirths as Crimes
A recent arrest in Georgia highlights the criminal suspicion that surrounds pregnancy loss in several states, experts say.
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April 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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🕊️ In post-Roe America, grief’s invisible strings are being tied into chains. In Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama, miscarriage—already heavy with sorrow—can now summon handcuffs instead of compassion.
🔗 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/02/l...
@caryaspinwall.bsky.social
@themarshallproject.org
🕊️ In post-Roe America, grief’s invisible strings are being tied into chains. In Georgia, Ohio, and Alabama, miscarriage—already heavy with sorrow—can now summon handcuffs instead of compassion.
🔗 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/04/02/l...
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ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
Thank you @taquitoroller.bsky.social for carving this fun read out of a chaotic zoom chat 😂😂😂
The history of @readfrontier.bsky.social
The history of @readfrontier.bsky.social
I got the original gang from @readfrontier.bsky.social together to take us on a trip back to 2015 when they were a rude, upstart local blog with spicy headlines! thepickup.com/an-oral-hist...
An Oral History Of The Frontier - The Pickup
Sometimes you lose your job and get nominated for a Pulitzer in the same day.
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April 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thank you @taquitoroller.bsky.social for carving this fun read out of a chaotic zoom chat 😂😂😂
The history of @readfrontier.bsky.social
The history of @readfrontier.bsky.social
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Last year, @caryaspinwall.bsky.social of @themarshallproject.org, briokc.bsky.social of @readfrontier.bsky.social & Sachi McClendon exposed how more than 50 people died in U.S. jails while under Turn Key’s care, including the Cookie Queen, Shannon Hanchett. www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/30/o...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last year, @caryaspinwall.bsky.social of @themarshallproject.org, briokc.bsky.social of @readfrontier.bsky.social & Sachi McClendon exposed how more than 50 people died in U.S. jails while under Turn Key’s care, including the Cookie Queen, Shannon Hanchett. www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/30/o...
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How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell' www.chron.com/culture/arti...
How Houston Mayor John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell'
More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston Mayor John Whitmire to thank.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
How John Whitmire kept Texas prisons hot as 'living hell' www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Colorado Transparency News: #SunshineWeek transparency slam; $13,650 penalty for "arbitrary and capricious" records response; CORA bill; wide-ranging transparency bill; RTD CORA fees; PERA board transparency; more. #coleg #copolitics
Colorado Transparency News - 2/28/2025
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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February 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Colorado Transparency News: #SunshineWeek transparency slam; $13,650 penalty for "arbitrary and capricious" records response; CORA bill; wide-ranging transparency bill; RTD CORA fees; PERA board transparency; more. #coleg #copolitics
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In its 60 years, Medicaid has grown from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance, covering 72 million people. Here is where enrollment in the program is highest. nyti.ms/4intZxz
February 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In its 60 years, Medicaid has grown from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance, covering 72 million people. Here is where enrollment in the program is highest. nyti.ms/4intZxz
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SCOTUS orders a new trial for Richard Glossip
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February 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
SCOTUS orders a new trial for Richard Glossip
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Almost 200,000 people are expected to die in prison due to a life sentence in the United States. @caryaspinwall.bsky.social writes about the rise of Death By Incarceration for @themarshallproject.org.
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
The number of people imprisoned for life continues to climb, even as the overall prison population declines.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Almost 200,000 people are expected to die in prison due to a life sentence in the United States. @caryaspinwall.bsky.social writes about the rise of Death By Incarceration for @themarshallproject.org.
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Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job
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Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job
Darren Beattie, who's claimed the FBI was responsible for the 2021 attack on the Capitol, has been named acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job
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“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.” Incredible details in a horrifying @nytimes.com story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government
The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“There is not one single entity holding Musk accountable. It’s a harbinger of the destruction of our basic institutions.” Incredible details in a horrifying @nytimes.com story.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Prayers for everyone in California 🙏🏻
At least 510 hectares of the Pacific Palisades area between Santa Monica and Malibu had burned, officials said, after they had already warned of extreme fire danger from dry, powerful winds.
#wildfire #PacificPalisades #LosAngeles #LA #LAwildfire #weather #Reuters #news
#wildfire #PacificPalisades #LosAngeles #LA #LAwildfire #weather #Reuters #news
January 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Prayers for everyone in California 🙏🏻
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People in Native American-majority communities are nearly twice as likely to have medical debt in collections compared with the national average.
Via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
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Via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
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Native American patients are sent to collections for debts the government owes
Patients received medical bills that should have been covered by the Indian Health Service due in part to funding and staff shortages.
theemancipator.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
People in Native American-majority communities are nearly twice as likely to have medical debt in collections compared with the national average.
Via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
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Via @kffhealthnews.bsky.social
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