Tag Archives: criminal-justice

“Has anyone heard from medium today?” Nicole writes in a Facebook group dedicated to the wives of men locked up in federal prison, where “medium” is shorthand for medium security detention. “Nothing today or yesterday,” someone comments beneath her post. A thread of comments follows: “No, nothing today.” “No, not …

Most of us who went to school in the United States have been threatened with detention for minor infractions like uttering a curse word or showing up to class five minutes late. But in Illinois, such behavior was landing students in far more serious trouble. Since a recent state law …