Shannon Heffernan
@shannonheffernan.bsky.social
Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: [email protected]
You are doing excellent work
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
You are doing excellent work
Oh goodness, a typo: *they
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oh goodness, a typo: *they
Reposted by Shannon Heffernan
Etowah County is one example of the "zombie facility" trend that @shannonheffernan.bsky.social reports about here.
ICE is repurposing/reopening older jails and prisons for use in immigration detention.
From August.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/29/m...
ICE is repurposing/reopening older jails and prisons for use in immigration detention.
From August.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/29/m...
‘Zombie Prisons’: How ICE Detention Is Raising Troubling Facilities From the Dead
ICE needs more detention space, and it’s faster to open old facilities than to build new ones.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Etowah County is one example of the "zombie facility" trend that @shannonheffernan.bsky.social reports about here.
ICE is repurposing/reopening older jails and prisons for use in immigration detention.
From August.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/29/m...
ICE is repurposing/reopening older jails and prisons for use in immigration detention.
From August.
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/29/m...
These kinds of signs... they are everywhere...
It's like the "In this house we believe..." signs, got totally fed up and mad.
bsky.app/profile/left...
It's like the "In this house we believe..." signs, got totally fed up and mad.
bsky.app/profile/left...
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
These kinds of signs... they are everywhere...
It's like the "In this house we believe..." signs, got totally fed up and mad.
bsky.app/profile/left...
It's like the "In this house we believe..." signs, got totally fed up and mad.
bsky.app/profile/left...
Just saw via @chicagotribune.com that the guy in the Blackhawk PJ's is a 41-year-old former prosecutor who was "was drinking coffee on his couch & watching the news" before he ran out barefoot to scream “Nazis!” and “Gestapo!” at the agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’
Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday morning, despite mounting scrutiny from a federal judge over their use of the chemical weapons.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just saw via @chicagotribune.com that the guy in the Blackhawk PJ's is a 41-year-old former prosecutor who was "was drinking coffee on his couch & watching the news" before he ran out barefoot to scream “Nazis!” and “Gestapo!” at the agents. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...
A broad group of people seem to be taking bold (sometimes risky) actions. And it doesn't seem to be stopping. I wonder how it will change the overall political landscape.
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A broad group of people seem to be taking bold (sometimes risky) actions. And it doesn't seem to be stopping. I wonder how it will change the overall political landscape.
...or this video of people getting gassed by ICE in Lincoln Park-- which any Chicagoan will tell you is not exactly an antifa enclave.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSE...
Federal immigration agents tear gas Lakeview, raid Lincoln Park as feds focus on city’s North Side
YouTube video by Chicago Tribune
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
...or this video of people getting gassed by ICE in Lincoln Park-- which any Chicagoan will tell you is not exactly an antifa enclave.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSE...