Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And a reminder, the vast vast majority of incarcerated people don’t have access to 988 because jails and prison simply choose to not allow it. 052
Reposted by Josh VaughnPrison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 28/09/2026September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The heartbreaking reality is that many incarcerated people contemplate and/or die by suicide — even after release. This is what the mental health crisis looks like inside the carceral system 🧵 1147
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Finally got a “scanning” setup with an actual camera and macro lens. So so so much nicer than using the iPhone. 010
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Suicide is the leading cause of death in jails yet the overwhelming majority of people incarcerated do not have access to call 988. Jails can absolutely provide access. They just don’t. 988lifeline.org/about/988lifeline.orgAbout 988The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States and its… 122
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Took my Olympus Pen F half-frame 35mm camera out to Kipona Festival in Harrisburg to test it out today. 081
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I started compiling photos of roadside memorials into a website as a documentary photography project. alnf.usalnf.usAlways Loved, Never ForgottenAlways Loved, Never Forgotten — a documentary photography project about roadside memorials, memory, grief, and the landscapes where people are remembered. 030
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Cockroaches were found in the kitchen of Dauphin County Prison but they were allowed to keep serving thousands of meals each day. A new bill would require full restaurant inspections for prisons and jails in Pa. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/08...pennlive.comPa. prisons serve 1M+ meals a week, but get less oversight than hot dog cartsA new bill aims to fix that. Advocates say treatment of food-borne illnesses among incarcerated people likely exceeds the cost to run cleaner kitchens. 0117
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Some photos shot on my Kiev 60 and Yashica Mat 124g. Developed at home with CineStill DF96. 010
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Cheap “scanner” but happy with how the film turned out. Second roll developed at home. 1960s Voigtlander Vitomatic II 030
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026First roll through the new-to-me Yashica Mat 124g. First time shooting film in a long time. 000
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I think I’m just going to Ansel Adams it from now on. 040
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Tomorrow is the deadline for the Pa legislature to change its second-degree murder law and create a constitutional sentencing scheme. Instead of hearing from lawmakers, maybe take a listen to who the people serving life actually are. open.spotify.com/show/22eyt7g...open.spotify.comWhat Is Life?Podcast · Joshua Vaughn · What is Life is a podcast that gives people serving life without the possibility of parole in Pennsylvania a chance to tell their story in their own voice. 110
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 19/07/20265 weeks in taking Sermorelin and l-carnitine - sleep is way better, energy is way up, workouts are better and recovery is faster. Sleeping through the night and waking up rested is wild. Is this how all you are living, going to bed and not waking up exhausted?static.klipy.comYeah Strong - Little Girl FlexesALT: Yeah Strong - Little Girl Flexes 110
Reposted by Josh VaughnPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Congratulations to the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition "Citizens Bank to end current financing of CoreCivic and The GEO Group"- docs.google.com/document/u/0...docs.google.comDeICE CitizensMediaStatement20260717.docxStatement from the De-ICE Citizens Bank Coalition – July 17, 2026 Media Contact: Peyton Fleming, peytonfleming22@gmail.com, 857-361-2884 Citizens Bank to end current financing of CoreCivic and The ... 225178
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I woke myself up laughing last night for the first time in quite a while. It used to be a reasonably common occurrence that I would have a dream that made me left to the point I’d wake. Makes wonder if this is normal. Anyone else laugh themselves awake?static.klipy.comJack Nicholson's Iconic LaughALT: Jack Nicholson's Iconic Laugh 000
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I call this piece “Child’s first property damage” or “Door sans glass” 150
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Throw-back Thursday when I was just a wee pup starting out in the news industry. 000
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This aged like a glass of milk left out on a hot summer day. 120
Reposted by Josh VaughnJosh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026PennLive exclusive: Pa Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling for an independent and thorough investigation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center after state inspectors and county officials were turned away by ICE and GEO Group last week. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...pennlive.comGov. Shapiro calls for inspection of ICE facility after county official blocked from enteringThe commissioner was trying to see for himself if there were signs of abuse, assault and neglect after hearing complaints. 043
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026PennLive exclusive: Pa Gov. Josh Shapiro is calling for an independent and thorough investigation of Moshannon Valley Processing Center after state inspectors and county officials were turned away by ICE and GEO Group last week. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...pennlive.comGov. Shapiro calls for inspection of ICE facility after county official blocked from enteringThe commissioner was trying to see for himself if there were signs of abuse, assault and neglect after hearing complaints. 043
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I skipped a lot of leg days and now I’m not going to be able to walk tomorrowstatic.klipy.comCute Cartoon Dog Doing Legs For Days WorkoutALT: Cute Cartoon Dog Doing Legs For Days Workout 000
Reposted by Josh VaughnJosh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Women have now come forward accusing the chaplain at Moshannon Valley Processing Center (the largest ICE jail the northeast) of sexual abuse. Is he a predator who prays? www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...pennlive.comWomen claim sexual abuse by chaplain at Pa. ICE facilityTwo incarcerated women at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center say Chaplain Mark Melhorn used his position to sexually assault them. 0119
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Women have now come forward accusing the chaplain at Moshannon Valley Processing Center (the largest ICE jail the northeast) of sexual abuse. Is he a predator who prays? www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...pennlive.comWomen claim sexual abuse by chaplain at Pa. ICE facilityTwo incarcerated women at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center say Chaplain Mark Melhorn used his position to sexually assault them. 0119
Reposted by Josh VaughnShaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026The 7th story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social & @pennlive.com 8-part series on Moshannon Detention Facility by me and @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social looks at how visitation can be weaponized for immigrant detainees and their families. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...pennlive.comHusband of Pa. ICE facility detainee struggles with separation, visiting rules: ‘We just have to wait’It takes all day for Justin Jones to get to see his husband through a piece of plexiglass at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, illustrating the challenges loved ones face. 011
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This comes after GEO and ICE allowed Reps Deluzio and Lee into Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pa but refused to allow their translator in. Neither of these moves scream “transparency” 022
Reposted by Josh VaughnSenator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 06/06/2026I went to Delaney Hall to follow up on conversations I had this morning with family members of detainees. ICE and GEO Group did not let me speak with detainees. Why do they insist on hiding the truth even after getting almost $1 billion of tax dollars? 542111564021
Reposted by Josh VaughnJosh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Just dropped - Jaime Martinez spent 8 days in April walking 130 miles from the ICE office in Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center (the largest ICE facility in the Northeast) He did it as a pilgrimage of dignity for immigrants. (Documentary) www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.com‘Pilgrimage of Dignity’: Man walks 130 miles to highlight conditions at Pa. ICE facilityJaime Martinez spent eight days in April trekking from Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center. PennLive videoed some of the journey. 052
Reposted by Josh VaughnShaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Female detainees shared stories of medical negligence, mistreatment & sexual assault at Moshannon Detention Center with Congress members at an unannounced oversight visit. Mine and @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social latest for @pennlive.com @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comWomen in Pa. ICE detention facility call out for help from lawmakers, who were ushered awayThe Congress members got inside the Moshannon Valley Processing Center for an unannounced visit for the first time after previously being shut out. 28351
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Women inside Moshannon Valley Processing Center told Reps Lee and Deluzio about medical neglect and abuse they suffered in the ICE jail. When women tried to report about sexual abuse, the Reps were ushered out by Moshannon and ICE staff. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comWomen in Pa. ICE detention facility call out for help from lawmakers, who were ushered awayThe Congress members got inside the Moshannon Valley Processing Center for an unannounced visit for the first time after previously being shut out. 065
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026US Reps Summer Lee and Chris Deluzio conducted the first-ever congressional oversight visit of Moshannon Valley Processing Center Thursday. Story to come @pennlive.com 042
Reposted by Josh VaughnShaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This is a must read and must watch by my friend @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social. Take a long walk in the shoes of a man protesting the conditions of detainees at ICE facility Moshannon. The sixth in our 8 part series for @pennlive.com and @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.com‘Pilgrimage of Dignity’: Man walks 130 miles to highlight conditions at Pa. ICE facilityJaime Martinez spent eight days in April trekking from Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center. PennLive videoed some of the journey. 011
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Just dropped - Jaime Martinez spent 8 days in April walking 130 miles from the ICE office in Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center (the largest ICE facility in the Northeast) He did it as a pilgrimage of dignity for immigrants. (Documentary) www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.com‘Pilgrimage of Dignity’: Man walks 130 miles to highlight conditions at Pa. ICE facilityJaime Martinez spent eight days in April trekking from Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center. PennLive videoed some of the journey. 052
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Excited that my second short documentary for PennLive drops tomorrow morning. I spent 4 days in April with a group that walked 130 miles from Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest ICE facility in the Northeast. 042
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Clearfield County Commisioners have the opportunity to either end their contract with ICE in September, and effectively shut down Moshannon Valley Processing Center, or build new independent oversight measures into the agreement. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.com‘What are they hiding?’: County officials could change oversight at Pa. ICE facilityClearfield County commissioners will have to decide by September if they want to renew and change their contract with ICE. 021
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026This is now at least the 4th hunger strike at an ICE facility, including one at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pa last month. 020
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Prompted by ICE failing to turn over medical records that could have prevented Chaofeng Ge’s death by suicide at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, Dauphin County Prison will no longer hand over people to ICE without a signed, judicial warrant. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comDauphin County Prison will no longer stall inmates’ release to give ICE time for pickupThe prison will still comply with judicial warrants; it just won’t hold prisoners past their scheduled release on the orders of executive branch federal officials. 141
Reposted by Josh VaughnJosh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Immigration Judge Tamar Wilson repeatedly shouted over Rony’s attorney and ultimately stormed out of the courtroom. “Yes, running away is a great idea. That’s very professional, your honor,” the lawyer said. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comMom separated from teen son in ICE detainment: ‘I would trade places with him’Adelia Mejia came to the United States in hopes of a better education for her children. Now, her son Rony is facing deportation in a Pa. detention facility. 0116
Reposted by Josh VaughnJohn Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 21/05/2026We need to stop calling these Art I, at-will appointees of the president "judges." They are not. They are executive-branch administrators, not independent judges. Calling them judges is an intentional effort to mask who they are, make them seem like something they are not. (Not blaming Josh here!) 56222
Reposted by Josh VaughnShaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026This was a hard one for all of us watching this 18-year-old kid in ICE detention and his mother’s pain. I went and hugged my kids after returning from our reporting trip to WV. The fourth story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pennlive.com series on Moshannon: www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comMom separated from teen son in ICE detainment: ‘I would trade places with him’Adelia Mejia came to the United States in hopes of a better education for her children. Now, her son Rony is facing deportation in a Pa. detention facility. 122
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Immigration Judge Tamar Wilson repeatedly shouted over Rony’s attorney and ultimately stormed out of the courtroom. “Yes, running away is a great idea. That’s very professional, your honor,” the lawyer said. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comMom separated from teen son in ICE detainment: ‘I would trade places with him’Adelia Mejia came to the United States in hopes of a better education for her children. Now, her son Rony is facing deportation in a Pa. detention facility. 0116
Reposted by Josh Vaughn(h)elle woods, j.d. @hellewoods.bsky.social · 18/05/2026If you're mad at this (and you should be): Tomorrow at 1pm 120 Schermerhorn in BK Rally to demand accountability from the absolute ghouls in our courts. 241203430
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Juan was held in ICE custody for roughly 3 months before finally being released. He did everything right but it didn’t matter. His incarceration cost him $10,000 and his faith in the American dream. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...pennlive.comImmigrant to Pa. followed the law, but then a lawyer’s error changed everythingHe spent roughly three months in ICE custody at the Moshannon center. It cost him and his wife thousands of dollars and their trust in the U.S. justice system. 076
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026A huge thank you to @maddow.bsky.social for featuring our collaboration with Penn State University’s journalism department on her show. I’m incredibly proud of all the work these amazing student journalists put in to this series. 050
Reposted by Josh VaughnPatrick Egan @pegan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Really important work here, especially in light of ICE/fed gov't owning two warehouse spaces it still wants to convert to detention facilities for people living here without documentation. 023
Reposted by Josh VaughnShaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This entire series was reported and written by our amazing journalism students @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. As their professors for this indepth reporting class, @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social and I are over the moon. Next story out on Wednesday! 032