@Jan_Ransom

New Yawker, @NYTimes investigative reporter focused on criminal justice,🏆 for coverage of correction systems, @HowardU ❤️💙. Say 👋🏾

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NEW: My Dad was the fourth resident of his nursing home (@HudsonPointe_HC) to get #coronavirus. No one told me about the first and a NY State Dept of Health policy did not require notification. That policy changed on April 4, five days before my dad died. propublica.org/article/coron… – at Bronx, NY

Coronavirus Entered My Father’s Nursing Home and Nobody Warned Me. I Did Not Get the Chance to Save...

Reporter Jan Ransom’s father was the fourth resident of his nursing home to get COVID-19. Nobody told her about the first, so she couldn’t move him before he got sick. “I think that’s very unfair,”...

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NEW🚨: Long-Deployed Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Set for Homecoming The ship, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off. (Story by @johnismay + me) nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/po…

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Long and Grueling Deployment

The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.

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NEW🚨: Long-Deployed Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Set for Homecoming The ship, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off. (Story by @johnismay + me) nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/po…

U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Returns Home After Long and Grueling Deployment

The aircraft carrier, whose crew endured food shortages, spent much of its nearly 11-month deployment in combat without a day off.

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BREAKING: Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, the man who was shot by an immigration agent during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas was charged with one count of assaulting, resisting, interfering and impeding a federal officer nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/ic…

Man Shot by ICE Agent in Austin Is Charged With Assault

Prosecutors say Wilber Garces Perez struck an agent with his car’s mirror before another agent shot him. The charge reveals the existence of body camera footage of the shooting, though that video has...

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Jan Ransom@Jan_RansomSep 28
NEW: Marcos Alcaraz burned to death in a N.Y. prison cell. As he & others cried out, the guards shouted back: “Stop calling us!” Two months later, the agencies reviewing the fire have yet to answer questions about what caused it. His family wants answers: nytimes.com/2026/09/28/nyreg…

He Burned to Death in a Prison Cell. His Family Wants Answers. (Gift Article)

New York State officials have yet to say what caused a fire that killed Marcos Alcaraz at Eastern Correctional Facility in July.

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NEW: Marcos Alcaraz burned to death in a N.Y. prison cell. As he & others cried out, the guards shouted back: “Stop calling us!” Two months later, the agencies reviewing the fire have yet to answer questions about what caused it. His family wants answers: nytimes.com/2026/09/28/nyreg…

He Burned to Death in a Prison Cell. His Family Wants Answers. (Gift Article)

New York State officials have yet to say what caused a fire that killed Marcos Alcaraz at Eastern Correctional Facility in July.

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Prisoners at a jail in Eastern North Carolina overpowered staff and have seized control of the facility, authorities said wral.com/news/state/bertie-m…
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Jan Ransom@Jan_RansomMay 6
BREAKING 🚨: A federal judge released the note on Wednesday, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated the note. (Story by @BenWeiserNYT, me, & @SteveEder) nytimes.com/2026/05/06/nyreg…
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BREAKING 🚨: A federal judge released the note on Wednesday, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated the note. (Story by @BenWeiserNYT, me, & @SteveEder) nytimes.com/2026/05/06/nyreg…
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NEW🚨: A federal judge released the note on Wednesday, which Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate said he found in a graphic novel. The New York Times has not authenticated the note. (Story by @BenWeiserNYT, me and @SteveEder) nytimes.com/2026/05/06/nyreg…
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Jan Ransom@Jan_RansomApr 30
NEW🚨: A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse. Our latest: nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/je… (W/ @BenWeiserNYT, @SteveEder, & me)

Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View (Gift Article)

An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.

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NEW🚨: A suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in a Manhattan jail has been kept secret for nearly seven years, locked up in a New York courthouse. Our latest: nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/je… (W/ @BenWeiserNYT, @SteveEder, & me)

Jeffrey Epstein’s Possible Suicide Note Hidden From Public View (Gift Article)

An inmate said he discovered the note after Mr. Epstein was found injured in his jail cell, weeks before his death. It’s now locked in a courthouse.

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NEW🚨: Jeffrey Epstein used his money and influence in the world of elite private schools to assist friends and acquaintances: nytimes.com/2026/03/16/nyreg…

One of Epstein’s Levers of Power: Access to Elite Private Schools (Gift Article)

Jeffrey Epstein used his money and influence in the world of elite private schools to assist friends and acquaintances.

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A New York Times investigation indicates that it was a US strike on an Iranian school that killed 175 people, mostly children. nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world…

Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base (Gift Article)

The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were...

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Honored. 🙏🏾 “Jan Ransom, an investigative reporter for The Times, was awarded the justice reporting prize for her reporting on brutality by New York State prison guards against inmates, which led to laws that strengthened prison oversight.” nytimes.com/2026/02/18/busin…

The New York Times Wins 3 Polk Awards (Gift Article)

The Times was honored for its coverage of President Trump, the abuse of housekeepers and nannies in Saudi Arabia and brutality in New York prisons.

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Prison Boss Elevated by Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Former Inmates: nytimes.com/2025/02/17/nyreg…

Prison Boss Elevated by Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Former Inmates (Gift Article)

The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards.

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A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State prison officials investigated and deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter. nytimes.com/2025/11/03/nyreg…

A Bloody Prison Beating Was Caught on Video. No Guards Were Punished. (Gift Article)

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State prison officials investigated and deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.

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