How Sheriffs Are Extracting Wealth from People in Jail Through fees and forced labor, sheriffs typically exacerbate the financial costs of incarceration, but they could also mitigate them. Katie Jane Fernelius Jun 30, 2021
Joe Arpaio’s Longtime Deputy Could Become the Next Sheriff of Maricopa County Jerry Sheridan, who beat Arpaio in the Republican primary, has been complicit in many of the former sheriff’s worst misdeeds. Jerry Iannelli Sep 17, 2020
Cincinnati Voters Oust Sheriff Who Cooperated with ICE and Championed a New Jail “The solution to the problem of mass incarceration is certainly not more mass incarceration,” said Charmaine McGuffey, who won. In neighboring Greene County, voters rejected a tax increase to build a bigger jail. Daniel Nichanian Apr 29, 2020
This Tense Sheriff’s Race Could Change Cincinnati’s Poor Jail Conditions Ohio advocates are resisting proposals to expand the jail and local cooperation with ICE. In the primary on Tuesday, the sheriff and his challenger disagree on both fronts. Teresa Mathew Mar 12, 2020
On Tuesday, Two Alabama Sheriffs Regained Power to Divert Jail Food Funds “This incentivizes them once again to underfeed people in their custody if they know the extras can be used on bells and whistles or guns,” warns an Alabama advocate. Lauren Gill Mar 05, 2020
