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Family of Black student found hanging from tree on school campus hires lawyer Ben Crump

18 septembre 2025 à 01:20

Questions mount after Delta State University staff found body of Demartravion Reed near campus pickleball courts

The family of a Black student who was found hanging from a tree on a college campus in Mississippi has retained the civil rights attorney Ben Crump as questions continue to mount around the death.

On Monday, staff at Delta State University found the body of Demartravion “Trey” Reed near campus pickleball courts. Michael Peeler, the Delta State police chief, has said Reed appeared to have died by suicide and that there were no signs of foul play, but concerns have grown and the case has brought up painful memories of the state’s history of racist violence.

Ice puts more than 10,000 people in solitary in a year – and figures are rising under Trump

The Guardian

Par :Dani Anguiano

17 septembre 2025 à 15:00

Study shines light on growing numbers of vulnerable people being placed in solitary confinement in migrant jails

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) put more than 10,500 people in solitary confinement between April 2024 and May 2025, and use of the practice has quickly increased under Donald Trump’s administration, according to new research.

A report from Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the Peeler Immigration Lab, and Harvard Law School experts, published on Wednesday, sheds light on what’s happening inside US immigrant detention facilities and how increasing numbers of vulnerable people are being subjected to solitary confinement for longer periods of time.