Haley Moreland

Digital Journalist | Pittsburgh Tribune Review

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Feds Quietly Expand Controversial BOP Prison Units Known as ‘Little Guantánamo’

Two secretive prison units that used to almost exclusively house people said to be connected to terrorism have expanded by nearly 80 percent in 15 years, and a new unit is on the way. Formerly incarcerated people say they have been used to punish dissent.

Months after being incarcerated for his role in one of the biggest American whistleblowing cases in recent history, Daniel Hale suddenly went silent. Hale’s family and friends, who had been in regular contact with him after his 2021 trial, did...

Syracuse Post-Standard

Assault with an owner’s manual: How a botched immigration bust in NY reveals agents’ tactics

On a frigid North Country day in December 2025, Marvin Aguilar-Garcia agreed to meet his probation officer for a sudden, unscheduled visit.
It was a setup.
A Lewis County sheriff’s deputy pulled over Aguilar’s car. Two men in plain clothes approached Aguilar on the passenger’s side. One of the men shouted something, Aguilar remembered.

Central Current

A Syracuse University DPS officer decertified after misconduct was hired again and again

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series called Shielded From Consequence, looking at the decertification of law enforcement officers in New York. The series is produced in partnership with the USA TODAY Network-New York and Syracuse University. You can read the first story in the series here.

In November of last year, Ryan Zarnowski’s public career as a peace officer appeared to have ended.

Internal documents show mistakes and discipline marked his only year as a jail deputy at the Osw...

Haley Moreland is a data, digital, and investigative journalist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

She has over four years of newsroom experience working as an editorial intern at Trib Total Media, the Central Current, and Advance Local. She has a passion for reporting, and a love for her local Pittsburgh community.

She graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in May 2026, receiving a bachelor's degree in Magazine, News and Digital Journalism. She is co-founder of Investigative Reporters and Editors at Syracuse University, and a recipient of the David Newhouse Investigative Fellowship.

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