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Closing Argument
The Enduring Use of Solitary, and New Proposed Limits That Will Likely Fail (Again)
Analysis
Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
Closing Argument
The Parents Paying for Their Children’s Crimes
Life Inside
April 12
I Had a Tough Job at My Brooklyn Jail: Keeping Men From Taking Their Own Lives
As a suicide prevention aide, I had to make sure my fellow detainees didn’t harm themselves. It was surprisingly easy to get such a complex job.
By
Rashon Venable
Analysis
April 10
This Supreme Court Case on Homelessness May Limit Prisoner Rights and Expand Executions
In Grants Pass v. Johnson, a town in Oregon asks the court to reconsider what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishments.”
By
Maurice Chammah
,
Shannon Heffernan
and
Beth Schwartzapfel
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
New York
The People v. Donald J. Trump
Donald Trump
Protest
Supreme Court
Juan Merchan
Texas
election interference
Closing Argument
April 6
What an Eclipse Lockdown Reveals about Dignity in Prisons and Jails
Recent lawsuits regarding the rights of incarcerated people and guards include gender, religious discrimination, and the right to watch the eclipse
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
April 5
I Made 13 Cents an Hour as a Prison Janitor. Here’s Why I Donated My Wages to Gaza Relief
It’s a common misconception that once someone enters jail or prison, they lose their interest in the outside world.
By
Hamzah Jihad Furqaani
as told to
Aala Abdullahi
Jackson
April 4
How Mississippi’s Jim Crow Laws Still Haunt Black Voters Today
After the U.S. Civil War, white supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress the Black vote. Even now, restoring rights has hit a roadblock.
By
Daja E. Henry
Jackson
April 4
Terror, Murder and Jim Crow Laws: Inside Mississippi’s Racial Voter Intimidation History
Black Mississippians’ right to vote has constantly been under threat. A recent bill that would have restored voting rights to thousands died in committee.
By
Daja E. Henry
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Baton Rouge Is Addressing Gun Violence One Conversation at a Time
As Michael Cohen testifies against Trump, many liberals are still wary of him
‘There Have to Be Limits’: Lawsuit Urges Scorching Prisons to Cool Down
A New Police Force Chased a 17-Year-Old Boy to His Death. Then It Vanished. – Mother Jones
A Prosecutor Asked Texas to Kill Melissa Lucio. Now He Wants Her Freed.
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
A new law was supposed to help people earn time off their sentences, but poor implementation is leaving some locked up
‘Can and should do much better’: Cleveland’s police reform progress grinds to a halt, monitor says
Two imprisoned Georgia men say they were wrongly convicted and blame the same informant
Opinion
The Supreme Court Wants Nothing to Do With Homelessness
Questions the Supreme Court Should Ask at Thursday’s Oral Argument on Presidential Immunity
The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th—and Trump
First bigotry, now lies: This judge pick deserves better
Justice Department settles with Larry Nassar victims for $138.7 million
Trump co-defendant in classified documents case was told he’d be pardoned in a second term, notes in FBI interview say
S.B. 4: This Texas immigration law is worse than you think.
What A Lawsuit Reveals About Savage Arms' Axis II Rifle Safety
DP3 Analysis: More Than 10% of U.S. Exonerations in 2023 Involved Wrongful Use or Threat of the Death Penalty
News and Awards
April 3
The Marshall Project Wins Prestigious National Magazine Award for General Excellence
This is the third time the news site has won for the breadth and ambition of its coverage.
By
The Marshall Project
Death Sentences
April 3
He Faces Execution. His Lawyers May Have Earned Less Than $4 per Hour.
Some death penalty lawyers get paid the same no matter how long they work on a case. Critics say it’s a perverse incentive when a life is at stake.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Keri Blakinger
Closing Argument
March 30
This Ain’t Just Texas: More States Want Power to Wage ‘War’ on Migrants
Several states are sending troops to the Southern border, even as the legal battle over immigration enforcement rages on.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News
March 26
Even Where Abortion Is Legal, People in Jail Face Huge Barriers
New reviews of jail policies in 13 states found vague, confusing or nonexistent guidelines and major hurdles to obtaining an abortion.
By
Shannon Heffernan