Jaclyn Diaz
Jaclyn Diaz is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. She covers criminal justice issues, including changing gun laws, police surveillance technology, America's prisons and jails and law enforcement.
Previously, she was part of the NPR team in Israel covering the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack. She also covered the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics from inside a strict COVID-19-safe bubble.
Before coming to NPR, she was a reporter for Bloomberg Law, covering labor issues, and for The Norwich Bulletin, covering the small communities of Eastern Connecticut.
Tips or story suggestions? Reach out via encrypted message on Signal at jaclynmdiaz.54 or by email at jdiaz@npr.org
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The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration has to continue providing gender-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons as litigation on efforts to change the policy continues. -
Arrests for more minor offenses, including vagrancy, rose in the U.S., even as violent crime rates dropped to historic lows, according to an analysis from criminal justice reform advocacy group FWD.us -
Authorities say the 16-year-old suspect in a school shooting that killed three children and one teacher at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon was once a student there.
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An armed bystander stopped a shooting at a school in Bend, Ore. We talk with experts about how rarely an armed civilian ends an attack like this and how gun rights groups are responding.
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The U.S. government is trying to end the dominance of high-quality, low-cost drones made in China. But more restrictions mean higher costs for cash-strapped police forces that rely on those drones. -
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent inquiry into Cornell's handling of a former student's rape allegations. Students are preparing for a sit-in Wednesday.
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Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an independent review into how the school handled a former student's rape allegations. -
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to address a loophole in state law that makes it difficult to prosecute cases when a sexual assault victim willingly consumes drugs or alcohol.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has appointed state Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor to investigate allegations about a gang rape at Cornell University. -
The Cornell lawsuit filed by a woman alleging a brutal rape raises questions on how police handle such cases. The majority of police lack adequate training on trauma-informed approaches, experts say.
