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Keri Blakinger

@keribla.bsky.social
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Reporter: ProPublica. Author: Corrections in Ink. Priors: LA Times, Houston Chron, Marshall Project. Journalist, felon. (I promise I don't bite)

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 21h
A year after the federal BOP unilaterally cancelled the prison workers’ union contract and said it would no longer recognize the union, a federal judge just issued a preliminary injunction telling them they have to - for now:
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a truly amazing headline - and interview - from Wash Post 1972: "I did a thing which really don't believe in doing but I thought it was the only way to get out and that is to act like I didn't know much of what he was saying and that I was really stupid..." ICONIC
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At journalism conferences, sometimes I make TikToks where I ask people to tell me about the weirdest things they've expensed... and this has to be top 10 at least. Fascinating story. www.propublica.org/article/draf...
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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.
Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Timothy Kelly grants CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s TRO against the Trump administration, ordering that the reporters affected “immediately” have their White House hard passes reinstated. The TRO is in effect for 14 days. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
For all these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 2, is GRANTED.
2. It is further ORDERED that Defendants (except for President Trump) and their agents, representatives, and all persons or entities acting in concert with them shall immedi-
ately return, reinstate, and restore the White House "hard pass" press credentials held by employees of CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO that were revoked on or about September 18, 2026, until further Order of the Court or the expiration of this Temporary
Restraining Order.
3. It is further ORDERED that this Temporary Restraining Order shall remain in effect for 14 days.
4. It is further ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall post a $1.00 bond in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by October 1, 2026.
SO ORDERED.
Is/ Timothy J. Kelly
TIMOTHY J. KELLY
United States District Judge
Date: September 24, 2026
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
One of the really cool things about this case is that one of the lead plaintiffs is Lioness - a nonprofit run by women who did time in sweltering Texas prisons themselves. Then they got out and spearheaded this lawsuit that could drastically improve life for all their sisters still inside.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
SoCal friends! If you've missed seeing me talk about depressing things and death... there's a film screening at UC Irvine next week, where I will be having an undoubtedly depressing/disturbing discussion afterward with the Andrea Armstrong socialecology.uci.edu/event/dying-...
socialecology.uci.edu
Dying in Prison: Multi-Media Approaches to Documenting Harm and Imagining Alternatives | School of Social Ecology
Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative presents a special film screening, panel discussion and exhibit.First, the Oscar-nominated, 37-minute documentary I Am Ready, Warden rolls in ...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
An ELEVENTH officer from FCI Dublin - the "rape club" prison closed in 2024 - has been charged for allegedly sexually abusing two prisoners there. Wildly, he was a *disciplinary hearing officer* responsible for decisions on inmate discipline. www.ktvu.com/news/prison-...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
7,500 people want Dublin - the so-called rape club prison shut down in 2024 - demolished: www.ktvu.com/news/bop-ack...
ktvu.com
BOP acknowledges 7.5K people want to demolish FCI Dublin prison
Roughly 7,500 wrote to the Bureau of Prisons to say they do not want the former FCI Dublin women's prison to be used for immigration detention or incarceration of any kind.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Normally I post the final statements of people executed in Texas, but LeJames Norman (who was executed last night) did not have one. He just shook his head and said nothing. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
i had no idea this blog was a thing and i am now so obsessed rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2026/
rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com
Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
A Crossword Blog
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Here are the 27 deputy gangs identified within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department:
Over time, the number of
identified deputy gangs, active or not, has grown, increasing from six to eighteen, and
now to twenty-seven three:
• Banditos
• Buffalo Soldiers
• Cavemen
• Compton Executioners
• Cowboys
• Ghetto Birds
• Gladiators
• Grim Reapers
• Industry Indians
• IPA
• Jump Out Boys
• Little Devils
• Little Red Devils
• Lomita Lizards
• Lynwood Vikings
• Pirates
• Posse
• Rattlesnakes
• Regulators
• Spartans
• Tasmanian Devils
• The Leafs
• 4000 Boys
• 3000 Boys
• 2000 Boys
• Temple Station V-Boys
• Wayside Whities
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Joey Scott @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Latest from me for @lataco.bsky.social x @lapublicpress.bsky.social: Los Angeles County Supervisors voted 4-1 to delay the vote on a motion that’d publicly identify deputy gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. lapublicpress.org/2026/09/lasd...
lapublicpress.org
LA County supervisors delay vote to identify deputy gangs in sheriff's department
A new proposal is the latest effort to address LA's notorious deputy gang problem.
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Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The LA Co. Board of Supervisors delayed voting on a motion that would force the Sheriff's Dept to name deputy gangs within its ranks on Tuesday. The move came in front of about 30 uniformed personnel who filled the meeting's gallery. www.patreon.com/lasdgangs/po...
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Survivor’s Hopes Dashed As Deputy Gang Transparency Vote Postponed | LA Sheriff Gangs
LA County Supervisors move to hold vote on forcing Sheriff’s Dept to ID insider gangs Nearly fifty people in matching orange T-shirts lined
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🫠 www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“The illegal alien in North America is the American." Excellent column by @cltomlinson.bsky.social www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columni...
houstonchronicle.com
White colonists 'invented' Texas. Now their grip on power is fading.
Texas' leaders still look little like the state's population. Demographic forces that have been building for decades could finally change that.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
robot cars calling the cops on kids w/ guns feels like the plot of a bad sci fi movie that i would walk out of. (can i walk out of this movie) www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
Waymo pulls over, calls cops on juvenile riders who had 'ghost gun,' authorities say
Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.”
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
TIL that they/them has its roots in medieval werewolf romance lit www.oed.com/discover/a-b...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Polunsky Unit -- the Texas state prison that houses death row -- has put up a mural... of Trump.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Texas is really such a great place to be a reporter. Case in point: The latest Paxton story via @zachdespart.bsky.social @kaylaguo.bsky.social and Alexandra Glorioso www.propublica.org/article/ken-...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
excellent read about last year's Burning Man homicide www.sfgate.com/travel/burni...
sfgate.com
New details uncovered in last year's shocking Burning Man homicide
Vadim Kruglov's time at Burning Man was both ecstatic and anxious.
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smoke crack worship satan btw need $ (she/her) @devilvaginamagic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is fucking insane. www.kctv5.com/2026/09/04/p...
kctv5.com
Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt
A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After BOP decided to pause allowing prisoners to buy nicotine pouches, I asked them why they allowed it in the first place and they said to combat criminal orgs trafficking contraband. I told someone who'd been incarcerated there this and they asked if that meant the staff...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hey quick question how does Medusa feed all those snakes? Does she dip her head in a tank of mice every few days? Or do the snakes share her digestive system and she just eats the mice herself?
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
someone posted (on threads) that opening up threads is like a lil phone cigarette and yes
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Earlier this year the Federal prison system announced that they would be offering *nicotine pouches* on commissary - today, with no explanation, they reversed course and said they will not be doing that 👀 (They did not respond to my request for comment.)
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St. John Barned-Smith @stjbs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’ — my latest, w/ @kolyncheang.bsky.social. Spend some time with it www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...
sfchronicle.com
ICE hasn’t paid for detainee medical care since October. Advocates call it the ‘death policy’
ICE owes millions in unpaid bills to hospitals and, in some cases, detainees themselves have been directly billed for care, records show.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
update! it is fixed! (the email address not the prison system, sadly.)
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
All my emails to Fed. Bureau of Prisons -both media relations and FOIA requests - have been bouncing since at least Friday. Is... anyone else having this problem (and wtf happened)?
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
extremely good FOIA denial i just got
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#breaking The deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons - a Trump 1 pardon recipient and the first former prisoner to hold that position - abruptly announced today that he is stepping down, with no explanation.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
my favorite kind of jail mail🖤
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Victor Marx wrote that he has a photo of the very moment a "demonized" man’s “ears started sticking out from his head and looking sharp, like a troll’s.” I asked if he would show me this photo. I did not receive any response. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/colorad...
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Colorado GOP Gov Nominee Claims to Have Battled ‘Demons’ With ‘Reptilian’ Eyes
Victor Marx was deep in the jungle and crippled by a fever...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/08/2026
The Bureau of Land Management is rounding up thousands of mustangs around the U.S. and quietly selling them on the cheap to buyers who are exporting them for slaughter abroad, an examination of government records by The New York Times found. nyti.ms/4grb8Co
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I don't think the people wholesale banning books ever end up on the right side of history, in either fiction or real-life. Just sayin cmf.dallasnews.com/news/dallas-...
cmf.dallasnews.com
Dallas County jail ban on physical books, magazines is illegal, publisher says
The Dallas County jail has “a near-total ban” on printed literature, violating a 2007...
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Joe Neff @josephneff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So cool to be in the company of fearless @keribla.bsky.social www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo...
editorandpublisher.com
Reporting On: America’s prison systems - Editor and Publisher
Behind prison walls are stories that are rarely seen and often difficult to tell. In this powerful examination, E&P’s Alyssa Choiniere explores the challenges of covering America’s correctional system...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It me, the ~memoirist~ who can help you use prison email systems hahahahah newlinesmag.com/argument/cou...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If you don’t have friends who will order you teeth cups and saucers from sketchy websites what are you even doing in life TY @morgangodvin.bsky.social
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I have been saying for a long time that I think Georgia prisons might be the worst in the country and goddamn this video is wild youtu.be/hUNh2arYZ7s?...
youtu.be
Inside America’s Most Violent Prison System
YouTube video by Tommy G
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
need an nfl draft tape-style breakdown of the pen stealing video
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today is a rare day when there are three executions scheduled, as pointed out in today @themarshallproject.org newsletter:
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
cool cool cool link.houstonchronicle.com/view/5b02321...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
LA jails just reported their 25th death for the year today -- once again, a person in MCJ.
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William Higgins @nonnui.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"An operatic solo is always an “aria,” even if you’re locked alone in a cell."
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
this is the wildest exhibit list i have ever
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When I was in jail, none of the Monopoly sets had dog pieces. Over a decade later, I decided to figure out why: boundlessplay.substack.com/p/play-behin...
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Play behind bars
Crosswords – by Keri Blakinger
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ayyy it's me and @josephneff.bsky.social sharing our little ~pearls of (questionable) wisdom~ about covering prisons: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/repo...
editorandpublisher.com
Reporting On: America’s prison systems - Editor and Publisher
Behind prison walls are stories that are rarely seen and often difficult to tell. In this powerful examination, E&P’s Alyssa Choiniere explores the challenges of covering America’s correctional system...
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Nothing could make me feel older today than watching a former vice editor turn into old man yelling to get off his lawn www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Incomprehensible Fashion Statements of Gen Z
It used to be that you could tell goths from preps by the look of them.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
NYT stating this like it’s normal when it’s absolutely berserk.
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