Search About Newsletters Donate
Closing Argument
For Unhoused People, ID Laws Go Beyond Voting. Without Documents, ‘You Can’t Do Anything.’
Analysis
‘Normalize Bad Tactics’: ICE Keeps Shooting at People in Cars
Life Inside
Despite the Machismo of Prison, These Men Collaborated on a Quilt

The Marshall Project

A photo shows a young boy with medium skin tone wearing a denim jacket and holding a Buzz Lightyear toy. A woman with medium-light skin tone stands behind him, and masked agents stand around them in a hallway.
News October 8
ICE Is Detaining Children in Hotels Where Families and Lawyers Can’t Find Them
Families described constant surveillance, poor access to food and threats of separation if they told anyone where they were being kept.
By and
Analysis October 8
Tracking Trump’s Immigration Crackdown on Children
How many kids has ICE arrested, detained, and deported under the second Trump administration?
By , and
A black-and-white photo shows dozens of gravestones in a cemetery at night. In the background are a number of tall trees.
Analysis October 8
How America’s Patchwork of Death-In-Custody Rules Is Failing Families
Bodies of people who die in custody can be cremated, even when it violates their religion, or be donated to science without consent, finds new report.
By
A photo shows a woman in a green dress pushing a stroller with a toddler down a hall. Federal agents, some of whom are masked, stand along the side of the hallway.
Analysis October 8
ICE Has Arrested Twice As Many Children This Year
In total, more than 8,500 kids have been arrested by ICE in Trump’s second term.
By and
A photo shows state troopers in riot gear at night facing two protesters whose backs are to the camera.
News October 7
Immigrants in Texas ICE Camp Begin Hunger Strike to Protest Indefinite Detention
They are demanding to be moved out of the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has allowed the government to hold immigrants indefinitely.
By
A photo shows cars driving at night in a blur past a Flock camera, which is situated at the top of a pole. There is a square plate at the top of the pole.
Closing Argument October 3
The Flock Backlash Catches Up to the Tech
From statehouse bans to audit workarounds, governments are scrambling to police the license-plate readers they rushed to install.
By
An illustration shows a person in black and blue colors, standing in front of a backdrop of prison bars, a bird, and figures that could be construed as the friends of the main figure. There are some spikes along the edge of parts of the illustration.
Life Inside October 2
Here’s What Happens When You Become Institutionalized
“Everyday changes frighten me,” writes Lexie Handlang. “I am way more comfortable in places where everything is structured.”
By Lexie Handlang
A photo shows a sun setting in between a building and barb wired fences. Dusk lighting make the building appear as a silhouette. In the foreground is a close-up of a wired fence.
Closing Argument September 26
From Sweltering Cells to Frigid Tents: The Extreme Temperatures of Incarceration
While Texas faces a 2029 deadline to install AC and California debates workplace exemptions, incarcerated people endure extreme heat and freezing detention camps.
By
A photo shows a group of people with their hands on a fence with barbed wire at the top. They are outside the facility, facing in. One person has a button on their backpack that says “ICE Out,” and another wears a light-blue hooded jacket and a face mask.
Analysis September 25
ICE Says It Can Detain Immigrants as Long as It Wants. Will the Supreme Court Agree?
Hundreds of federal judges have ruled against the administration’s “mandatory detention” policy, but the Supreme Court may soon have the final say.
By
Inside Story September 22
What Happens When Prisons Take Away Conjugal Visits?
Once allowed in 17 states, only four still offer family visits. Host Lawrence Bartley examines how isolating loved ones impacts prison safety.
By and
About
People
Privacy
Sitemap
Funders