Why Former Guard and Others Say CoreCivic Understaffs This Troubled Small Town Prison
Corrections Corporation of America, now CoreCivic, in 2008 announced it was going to build Tennessee’s largest prison in the shadow of a 500-foot abandoned cooling tower. The tower was a remnant of a massive promise and stinging loss for Trousdale County. The Tennessee Valley Authority had once planned to build the world’s largest nuclear power plant there, employing as many as 7,000 people, before the TVA backed out partway through construction. The private prison company’s announcement was welcomed by county leadership, who was sold by the promise of millions in tax revenue and hundreds of jobs.
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s not True
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.
Teachers Are Using Shooter-Drill Skills to Prep for ICE Raids
Sarah has considered what she would do if a mass shooter entered the high school where she teaches. The Career and Technical Education teacher, whose name has been changed for privacy, says she would barricade her classroom door, turn off the lights, and instruct her students to hide. Those are the same actions she’s planning on taking if an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shows up at her classroom door.
Trump Withdraws the U.S. From the United Nations Human Rights Council
President Trump has signed an executive order pulling the U.S. out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. “I’ve always felt that the U.N. has tremendous potential. It’s not living up to that potential right now,” he said Tuesday afternoon at a White House signing ceremony. During his first term as president, Trump also cut ties with the UNHRC, an organization that U.S. leaders from both parties have long said has a bias against Israel.