Starved For Care
People are starving to death in local jails across the U.S., even as for-profit providers are often paid millions for their care. Who is dying, and why?
Hi! I'm Eliza Fawcett.
I'm an investigative reporter focused on public health, mental health and the criminal justice system. I'm a reporting fellow at the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale and I've reported for The New York Times, New York Focus, and other publications.
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Investigations
This Agency Is Supposed to Monitor Jails. Is Anyone Monitoring It?
The State Commission of Correction has been stumbling for decades — with millions of incarcerated people caught in the lurch.
From Yale Law to Oath Keepers: Stewart Rhodes’s Unlikely Journey
20 deadly overdoses in 5 years at 2 West Side hotels. Why it’s so hard to tackle a few blocks of the opioid crisis
Trump’s school safety commission would prefer if you didn’t talk about gun control
Public Health
‘All public health is local’: Experts sound alarm on consequences of HHS shuttering NYC regional office
May 16, 2025
School health clinics provide New York students with vital care. Here’s why a payment overhaul could change that.
Apr. 28, 2025
Healthbeat
‘A very tangible loss’: Local health projects across New York in limbo after abrupt HHS cuts
Apr. 10, 2025
Healthbeat
Here’s how New York’s public health system will likely be impacted by HHS funding cuts
Apr. 2, 2025
Healthbeat
NYC loses millions in state aid for public health services each year. City leaders want the money back.
Feb. 27, 2025
Healthbeat
After Trump victory, New York officials, experts brace for assault on public health
Nov. 6, 2024
Healthbeat
Resurgence of congenital syphilis signals ‘urgent need’ for testing, treatment
Oct. 22, 2024
Healthbeat
NYC looks to trees, reflective roofs to curb health threat — and unequal burden — of extreme heat
July 29, 2024
Healthbeat
Features
There’s No Ocean in Sight. But Many Hawaiians Make Las Vegas Their Home.
May 20, 2023
The New York Times
Memphis, Through the Lens of Tyre Nichols
Mar. 2, 2023
The New York Times
The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy.
Nov. 1, 2022
The New York Times
Vulnerable and Trapped: A Look at Those Lost in Hurricane Ian
Oct. 21, 2022
The New York Times
A Connecticut middle schooler needed psychiatric care. More than a year later, his mother is still struggling to get all he needs.
Mar. 13, 2022
Hartford Courant
‘This will all be underwater’: As climate change arrives in Connecticut, coastal towns like Groton face a precarious future of rising sea levels and intensifying storms
Nov. 4, 2021
Hartford Courant
COVID-19 long-haulers struggle with persistent Mental Health issues: brain fog, anxiety, depression and sleep disorders
Feb. 5, 2021
Hartford Courant
On the front lines fighting the coronavirus: Connecticut doctors and nurses battle death and despair
May 8, 2020
Hartford Courant
In the heart of Appalachia’s opioid epidemic, a sliver of hope
July 30, 2017
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Breaking News
12-Year-Old Boy Is Charged in Killing of 15-Year-Old Cousin in Brooklyn
June 3, 2024
The New York Times
A Night Different From Others as Campus Protests Break for Seder
Apr. 22, 2024
The New York Times
Pro-Palestinian Rally Becomes Mass Subway Ride to Confront Kathy Hochul
Feb. 29, 2024
The New York Times
Outrage at G.O.P. Could Propel Expelled Democrats Right Back to House
Apr. 7, 2023
The New York Times
Tennessee G.O.P. Punishes 2 Democrats by Throwing Them Out of House
Apr. 6, 2023
The New York Times
A Place of Sanctuary Is Punctured by the Reality of Gun Violence in America
Mar. 28, 2023
The New York Times
Amid a Plague of Shootings, Bystanders Become Heroes
Jan. 25, 2023
The New York Times
After Arkansas Trial, Judge Weighs Legality of Ban on Care for Transgender Youth
Dec. 4, 2022
The New York Times
‘We Were a Family’: Victims in Walmart Shooting Had Bonded on Overnight Shift
Nov. 24, 2022
The New York Times
Colorado Springs Mourns the Loss of Five Lives and a Haven
Nov. 22, 2022
The New York Times