Zachary Wyatt
@zdwyatt.bsky.social
Senior Legislative Attorney. I don't make the laws. I just write 'em.
When I worked in a correctional facility, the most substantial smuggling operation by FAR was by a corrections officer whose partner was a drug dealer. Oops!
Rikers banned mail to inmates because of alleged fentanyl smuggling. But there was no fentanyl smuggling through the mail. They were using drug field tests with an 85 percent false positive rate.
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent thr...
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:25 PM
When I worked in a correctional facility, the most substantial smuggling operation by FAR was by a corrections officer whose partner was a drug dealer. Oops!
Can't I have just ONE nice thing?
Jersey Mike's sandwich chain is acquired by private equity firm Blackstone for $8 billion
Jersey Mike’s, the quickly expanding sandwich chain, is being acquired by the private equity firm Blackstone in a deal valued at $8 billion.
apnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Can't I have just ONE nice thing?
Time for another installment of Haiku Holdings, in which I summarize key takeaways from Wisconsin case history research in haiku. This time, it's all about operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). 1/5
November 12, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Time for another installment of Haiku Holdings, in which I summarize key takeaways from Wisconsin case history research in haiku. This time, it's all about operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). 1/5
Lawyering Fun Fact #1: I was once named in a lawsuit in which my co-defendants included "the moon" (address: "the sky").
November 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Lawyering Fun Fact #1: I was once named in a lawsuit in which my co-defendants included "the moon" (address: "the sky").
Time for another installment of Haiku Holdings, in which I summarize key takeaways from Wisconsin case history research in haiku. This time, it's about the police power of the railroads! 1/7
December 6, 2023 at 7:37 PM
Time for another installment of Haiku Holdings, in which I summarize key takeaways from Wisconsin case history research in haiku. This time, it's about the police power of the railroads! 1/7