The Marshall Project news digest

Presented by Alfred A. Knopf Donate Edited by Andrew Cohen View in browser Join The Marshall Project for a concert: We hope you’ll join us and Musicambia on October 28 in NYC for Redemption Songs, a one-of-a-kind show that combines live music, storytelling, and journalism to tell the story of mass incarceration, one song at a time. Learn more and get your tickets. Pick of the News A rare bit of good news for transgender people in federal prisons. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Bureau of Prisons to implement its new anti-transgender policies in federal penitentiaries around the U.S. while a case challenging those policies is litigated in court. Politico The Trump administration had asked the court to intercede in the case and overturn rulings staying enforcement of new BOP rules banning gender-affirming care behind bars. NPR Two of the court’s six Republican-appointed justices dissented from the order. The New York Times TMP Context: A judge stops federal prison officials from implementing a ban on care for transgender prisoners in the federal system. The Marshall Project Pool, pond. The Justice Department’s inspector general says he won’t investigate the federal prosecutors who brought false claims against Olympian David Hearn relating to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Hearn was cleared of allegations that he intentionally vandalized the pool. DOJ officials say the Office of Professional Responsibility is the proper executive-branch agency to investigate allegations of misconduct by federal prosecutors. The Associated Press “Unlike the inspector general, who is presidentially-appointed and Senate confirmed, however, the head of the Office of Professional Responsibility is appointed by the Attorney General and is generally viewed as less independent than an inspector general's office.” CBS News Immigration nation. ICE officials are mulling plans to add 24 contractors to the agency’s Vermont offices to boost federal immigration “intelligence hubs.” VTDigger “Reliably Republican” residents of Roxbury, New Jersey, are furious with plans for an immigrant warehouse jail in their midst. Gothamist An ICE raid at an Idaho racetrack a year ago reverberates still in a courtroom and as a political topic. Time Immigrant services scams are common in North Carolina but officials suspect many victims are afraid to report crime. The Associated Press Congressional Democrats blast plans to have unaccompanied minors represented by government attorneys during immigration court proceedings. Mother Jones Banana Republic. Armed federal agents affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security are knocking on doors in states across the U.S. asking residents about their immigration status and voting registration. The states targeted are California, Georgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. Experts and former officials say such tactics are unprecedented. CBS News More: The Trump administration’s purported list of 20,000 noncitizen voters in Los Angeles County has a “high percentage” of U.S. citizens on it, state officials say. And only 7,000 people on the Justice Department’s list have LA County addresses. The Guardian Arlington, Virginia, sues to keep armed federal agents away from polls. Democracy Docket N/S/E/W Newly released body camera video shows the moment a 1-year-old boy was fatally shot by police in Senatobia, Mississippi, in June. State officials announced earlier this week that the shooting was justified. The New York Times Five people were shot to death in a 48-hour period in Baltimore, Maryland, prompting the mayor to call a special meeting with police officials. The city has seen a dramatic, yearslong drop in its homicide rate. CBS News TMP Context from 2015: David Simon on Baltimore’s anguish. The Marshall Project An Arizona man has sued DHS and the Internal Revenue Service to recover more than $400,000 that he claims was seized from him by federal agents last year. Reason M