Journalist and Political Reporter

byTim Mak

1 article 2014

Tim Mak is a journalist who has worked for several major news outlets, including NPR, The Daily Beast, and Politico, covering politics, national security, and criminal justice. He contributed a feature to The Weekly Standard in 2014 on Arizona's controversial Tent City Jail. He later served as a senior political reporter at NPR and authored the book 'Misfire' about the NRA.

Arizona's Tent City Jail: Where prisoners wear pink underwear, eat meatless meals and swelter in the 120-degree heat

April 8, 2014 · PennAve, Immigration, Arizona

PHOENIX — In the waiting room of Maricopa County’s Tent City Jail, a weathered screen flashes red, green and yellow words with a euphoric fireworks effect worthy of an early 2000s Word document.