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Extra Extra Monday: Pollution control plans, juvenile justice and inmate deaths

Wis. freeing more sex offenders from mental lockup | WisconsinWatch.org Wisconsin officials have nearly quadrupled the number of offenders released from state custody after they were committed as sexually violent […]
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Fired Honolulu cop's file illustrates lack of public insight into misconduct

It took the Honolulu-based Civil Beat almost one year and $935 to get access to files on three discharged police officers. The records, which were heavily redacted, provide new insight […]
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Lax prison policies questioned after Pa. guard’s killing

Attorneys for an inmate accused of murdering a federal correctional officer cited a Citizens' Voice investigation into the case as they laid the groundwork Wednesday to spare him from the death penalty. For […]
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Extra Extra Monday: Secret settlements, data breaches and university lobbyists

Mizzou did not pursue alleged assault | ESPNThe University of Missouri did not investigate or tell law enforcement officials about an alleged rape, possibly by one or more members of […]
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Extra Extra Special Edition: Second chemical involved in W. Va. leak

There’s been a lot of great reporting coming out of West Virginia recently as reporters continue to cover a chemical spill that contaminated water for about 300,000 people. National publications investigated […]
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Guards may be responsible for half of prison sexual assaults

Jail and prison officials are reporting an increase in allegations of sex abuse, according to a new report from the Justice Department. ProPublica broke down the numbers and found some […]
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When the right to bear includes the mentally ill

A New York Times investigation highlights a central, unresolved issue in the debate over balancing public safety and the Second Amendment right to bear arms: just how powerless law enforcement […]
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Project uncovers more than 160,000 unreported arson cases

Arson is far more common and dangerous than has been previously reported, a new project by Scripps Howard News Service has found.The yearlong investigation has identified more than 163,000 fires […]
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Nevada chief justice orders courts review after potentially more than 2,400 ruled mentally ill not reported to gun database

"(A Reno Gazette-Journal) report this week found that Washoe District Court in Reno did not send 179 names to the Department of Public Safety’s database of people prohibited from possessing […]
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Walking our roads could kill you

An Orlando Sentinel report states: “Nowhere in America are pedestrians at greater risk of being struck and seriously injured or killed. Nowhere are drivers more likely to suffer the life-changing […]
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