The Marshall Project

Feature December 9

No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions

Prisoners, guards face danger from chronic understaffing by MTC

By Joseph Neff and Alysia Santo

Life Inside December 3

Coronavirus Has Sparked Another Epidemic in My Prison: Anti-Asian Racism

The racial slurs, dumb comments and news reports of hate violence have me on edge.

By Felix Sitthivong

News December 3

Should Prisoners Get Covid-19 Vaccines Early?

Public health experts urge making them a priority—but some push back.

By Jamiles Lartey, Michelle Pitcher and Keri Blakinger

Coronavirus November 25

How Prisons in Each State Are Restricting Visits Due to Coronavirus

As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, prison facilities across the country suspended visits from family and lawyers. Several months into the pandemic, some states are easing those restrictions. We’re rounding up the changes as they occur.

By Katie Park

Life Inside November 25

Why My First Thanksgiving in Prison Was The Best One I’d Had In Forever

Between being sober, getting a visit and having a surprise feast with the mean girls in my unit, I still cherish that day.

By Keri Blakinger

News November 23

Biden Will Try to Unmake Trump’s Immigration Agenda. It Won’t Be Easy.

Restoring asylum claims and judges’ independence will be uphill work.

By Julia Preston

Coronavirus November 22

Where Coronavirus Is Surging—And Electronic Surveillance, Too

In Chicago and elsewhere, the number of people wearing an ankle monitor has jumped in recent months due to the pandemic.

By Eli Hager

Life Inside November 20

I Wasn’t a Superpredator. I Was a Kid Who Made a Terrible Decision.

In 1994, at age 14, Derrick Hardaway took part in the murder of an 11-year-old. The media used the crime to build the myth of the superpredator—and stuck him with a label he’s still trying to shed.

By Derrick Hardaway as told to Carroll Bogert

Feature November 20

Superpredator: The Media Myth That Demonized a Generation of Black Youth

25 years ago this month, “superpredator” was coined in The Weekly Standard. Media spread the term like wildfire, creating repercussions on policy and culture we are still reckoning with today.

By Carroll Bogert and Lynnell Hancock

Feature November 17

We’re Tracking Police Dog Bites Across the Country

Police dogs bite thousands of Americans each year, including innocent bystanders, children, police officers, even their own handlers. The Marshall Project—in collaboration with AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute—examined more than 150 serious cases nationwide.

By The Marshall Project