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America’s 911 dispatchers are straining under pressure, leaving thousands of callers waiting during emergencies. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

In March 2025, the sheriff in Baxter County, Ark. shut off phone access for prisoners in the jail in response to federal reforms that lowered the cost of communication for incarcerated people. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

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Despite these warnings, however, Baxter County appears to be the only one of the nation’s more than 3,000 jails to terminate phone access following the FCC’s decision. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the US and across Latin America typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

In Baxter County, Ark., a sheriff cut off phone access at the jail. The Trump administration paid attention, and the decision could have nationwide implications. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

BusPatrol says its technology helps curb dangerous driving at no cost to cities. Public records from across the US often tell a different story. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Legal experts warn that the NDAs could create a culture of fear and chill employees’ constitutionally protected speech. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Across the country, callers in deadly situations are routinely left on hold. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions―and they were accused of fraud. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

In Baxter County, Ark., a sheriff cut off phone access at the jail. The Trump administration paid attention, and the decision could have nationwide implications. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

“The jail administrator and sheriff made it known ‘we are here for punishments.’” - Lawsuit filed by a pretrial detainee in the Baxter County Jail typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Federal judges held stock, bonds and leased mineral rights to Exxon, Chevron and others while hearing cases against the companies alleging damage to the La. coast. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Anna Gomez, the lone FCC commissioner to oppose the 2025 rate increase, called it “indefensible” and “an egregious transfer of wealth from families in incredibly vulnerable situations to monopoly companies that seek to squeeze every penny out of them.” typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

In Baxter County, Ark., a sheriff cut off phone access at the jail. The Trump administration paid attention, and the decision could have nationwide implications. Type Investigations reporting fellow Katie Rose Quandt with @inthesetimes.com: typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Judges in Louisiana have made at least $1.1 million from investments in oil and petrochemical firms. So what happens when the companies they've invested in end up in their courtrooms?

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In Baxter County, Ark., a sheriff cut off phone access at the jail. The Trump administration paid attention, and the decision could have nationwide implications. Type Investigations reporting fellow Katie Rose Quandt with @inthesetimes.com: typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

How New York's Judicial System Got This Bad typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

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America’s 911 dispatchers are straining under pressure, leaving thousands of callers waiting during emergencies. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Narratives about a “censorship-industrial complex” spread in right-wing circles for years; then they took hold of Washington. What—and who—is behind them? typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

~NEW EPISODE~ Feds Deny Ballistics Expert Access to Prairieland Defendant Who Got a 100 Years 🎙️: bit.ly/4yGOMEB We talk w/ @adamfederman.bsky.social w/ @typeinvestigations.org about new developments in the Prairieland case covered in his recent article in @theintercept.com.

From 2024: Medicaid was designed to provide healthcare for the poorest Americans. But after death, their relatives can be socked with massive bills, as one Charlotte family learned. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

After mystery illnesses and toxic reports, prisoners at California’s Mule Creek State Prison worry their water is killing them. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

People with immigration detainers want to build a better life, but state policies make it difficult or impossible. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Grupo Seguritech quietly built a $1.27 billion surveillance empire. Now it's expanding into the US and across Latin America typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

From 2024: Janikka Perry never made it home from her shift at the bakery of a supercenter in Arkansas. She was one of many Walmart workers who have been pressured to work through illness or pain, sometimes with devastating consequences. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

An investigation by The Nation and Type Investigations raises questions about the effectiveness of new global brand standards in reducing and responding to harassment at the fast food giant. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Legal experts warn that the NDAs could create a culture of fear and chill employees’ constitutionally protected speech. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Across the country, callers in deadly situations are routinely left on hold. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

A pastor and his wife created a cryptocurrency and hawked it in Christian communities. When it came crashing down, investors lost millions―and they were accused of fraud. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

America’s 911 dispatchers are straining under pressure, leaving thousands of callers waiting during emergencies. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

From 2023: Decades of inadequate funding and rising temperatures are putting Indigenous detainees at risk. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

As more migrants self-deport and turn around before they get to the border, their new future comes into focus typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. Type Investigations reporting fellow Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social for The Intercept @theintercept.com: theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i...

Between 2020 and 2025, first responders found at least 100 vulnerable people without proper care, including food and medication, in Texas boarding homes. Many had to be hospitalized; some died. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

"Shortly before he died of liver failure in July 2003, Roberto Bolaño remarked that he would have preferred to be a detective rather than a writer." typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

The Hague Abduction Convention was meant to reunite mothers and children. Instead, it's often used by allegedly abusive fathers to tear them apart. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Citing “alarming” crime rates, California Governor Gavin Newsom sent a “surge” of California Highway Patrol troopers into Oakland to help local police crack down on crime. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

“No potential criminal violations or priority threats to national security warranting further investigation were identified,” the two-page FBI file from 2018 states. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...

Crypto scammers collected at least $14 billion worldwide in 2025, a 17% increase from the previous year. In the U.S., victims of crypto fraud reported $7.2 billion in losses to the FBI. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...