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My reporting and essays have explored issues of mental health, criminal justice and healthcare. Read some of my stories below.
FRONTLINE, PBS
NOV 2021
Amid record police shootings in Utah, an investigation into the use of deadly force in the state with FRONTLINE’s local journalism partner The Salt Lake Tribune.
The Appeal
Why Prisoners Get the Doctors No One Else Wants
Even after a major class action suit required Illinois to revamp its prison healthcare system, doctors whose alleged neglect resulted in major injury or death still remain on the prison system payroll.
The Washington Post
‘No One to Talk You Down’
Inside federal prisons’ dangerous failure to treat inmates with mental-health disorders.
The Marshall Project
Cops Could Use First Aid to Save Lives. Many Never Try.
Most officers get training to respond to injuries, but are often not required to use it.
When Trying to Help Gets You Fired
For some cops, offering a hand could mean losing your job.
Sent to a Hospital, But Locked in Prison
Despite years of criticism, New Hampshire has no place but prison for the dangerously mentally ill.
Another Hurdle for Former Inmates: Their Teeth
For many recently-released prisoners, severe dental issues are just one more barrier to restarting their lives.
A Drug Company Says This Shot Will Keep You Out of Prison
Johnson & Johnson uses the prospect of jail time to market a schizophrenia drug.
Rikers Doesn’t Put Teens in Solitary. Other New York Jails Do.
Even after the high-profile death of Kalief Browder, jails in the rest of the state routinely isolate juveniles.
New York Cancels Private Prison Care Package Program
An uproar over cost, selection — and coloring books.
The Latest Big Win for Prison Privatization
It just got a lot harder to send a care package to New York prisoners.
The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages
Inside the booming market for food in pouches, clear electronics, pocketless clothing and other corrections-approved goods.
When a Mental Health Emergency Lands You in Jail
Colorado just outlawed jail for people in a psychiatric crisis, but plenty of states still do it.
The New Yorker
Seventeen Days on a Locked Ward
“I am on round-the-clock suicide watch, so I lounge across from the front desk, the perfect location for me to be supervised at all times.”
