Chris Gelardi is New York Focus's justice bureau chief, reporting and editing work on the state's criminal-legal and immigration systems. His writing on cops, jails, ICE, and the US military has appeared in more than a dozen other outlets, most frequently The Intercept and The Nation, and his award-winning investigations into prison conditions and police surveillance have spurred lawsuits and legislation. Raina Lipsitz Raina Lipsitz is the author of The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics. Her work has appeared in The Appeal, The Atlantic, The Nation, and The New Republic, among other publications. Together, they are recipients of a 2026 Solitary Confinement Reporting Grant from Solitary Watch.