The Marshall Project

Feature December 6

Bookshelf

Books about criminal justice, curated by The Marshall Project staff.

By The Marshall Project

Commentary December 5

California Passed a Law to Put Me Out of Business—And Taxpayers Will Get the Bill

Why eliminating bail is bad for my industry, defendants and everyone else.

By Bill Armstrong

Life Inside November 29

The Big Chill

I had never been locked up before. No one told me that prison would be so cold.

By Tracy Meadows

The Frame November 29

Working Their Way Home from Prison

Brian L. Frank photographs young men in a California prison camp and on their journeys to freedom.

Photographs by Brian L. Frank

Q&A November 28

1,000 Days of Opening Statement

The Marshall Project’s Andrew Cohen on how he curates our popular morning newsletter and what’s changed in criminal justice news since it began four years ago.

By The Marshall Project

Feature November 27

Why Is Karl Taylor Dead?

Our prisons are our mental wards. One fatal case in New York shows where that can lead.

By Tom Robbins

Feature November 21

Treatment Denied: The Mental Health Crisis in Federal Prisons

The Bureau of Prisons set higher standards for psychiatric care. But instead of helping more inmates, the agency dropped thousands from its caseload, data shows.

By Christie Thompson and Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge