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New Orleans Battled Mass Incarceration. Then Came the Backlash Over Violent Crime.
Analysis
What You Need to Know About The Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
Death Sentences
The Supreme Court Let The Death Penalty Flourish. Now Americans are Ending It Themselves.
News and Awards
June 28
Data Reporter Geoff Hing Joins The Marshall Project
Hing will expand investigative data journalism and reporting to expose abuses in criminal justice.
By
The Marshall Project
Graphics
June 23
Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
By
Alexandra Arriaga
,
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
,
Celina Fang
,
Bo-Won Keum
, and
Liset Cruz
The Record
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in criminal justice today
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Abortion
Gun Violence
criminalizing abortion
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anti-abortion laws
Mass Shooting
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News
June 22
Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth
The governor signed the state’s first law restricting isolation for youth after two suicides and an investigation by The Marshall Project, ProPublica and NBC News into harsh conditions in a new juvenile facility.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
,
Erin Einhorn
, and
Annie Waldman
News and Awards
June 17
A Letter from our Cleveland Editor-in-Chief
The Marshall Project: A Journalism Public Service, Now Serving Cleveland
by
Jim Crutchfield
Life Inside
June 17
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design.
By
Carol Shapiro
as told to
Beth Schwartzapfel
Feature
June 16
“No Place for A Child”
In cells built for adults, one-third are child migrants. Border authorities have resisted improving conditions for minors in crowded, freezing facilities.
By
Anna Flagg
and
Julia Preston
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
I was at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. I saw the horror unfold.
What Will the New U.S. Gun Control Law Actually Change?
Federal judge finds for 3 drug distributors in landmark opioid lawsuit
Buffalo shooter could face execution — Garland's decision is fraught
Murphy signs 7 new laws to tighten N.J. gun regulations, vows more action on firearms
SEPTA police chief Thomas Nestel suddenly retired amid a turbulent time for the transit police
Newsom pardons Sara Kruzan, a teen sex-trafficking victim
After Supreme Court ruling, prosecutors diving into cases involving non-tribal members victimizing tribal members
Grits for Breakfast: #CJreform Movement Poorly Positioned to Confront Re-Criminalized Abortion
Impunity Had a Great Year at the Supreme Court
Opinion
The War on Weed Continues in California, Which Supposedly Legalized Marijuana Six Years Ago
Op-Ed: I lived through Columbine. Here's what I have to say to survivors of mass shootings
Georgia grand jury subpoenas Sen. Graham, Giuliani and Trump legal team
Researchers use AI to predict crime, biased policing in cities
What Lies Behind That ‘No Trespass’ Sign
Texas to spend over $100M on school safety after Uvalde shooting
Ricky Kidd, man exonerated after 23 years, leads training for JaxCo prosecutors
News
June 14
Lawmakers Call for Probe Into Deadly Federal Prison
Following a Marshall Project/NPR report detailing violence and abuse at the newest federal penitentiary, three members of Congress asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate.
By
Christie Thompson
, The Marshall Project and
Joseph Shapiro
, NPR
News and Awards
June 14
The Marshall Project Announces Cleveland Local News Team
A roster of award-winning journalists will produce investigative, data and engagement journalism to serve the people of Cuyahoga County, including those affected by its criminal justice system.
By
The Marshall Project
Analysis
June 14
What Can FBI Data Say About Crime in 2021? It’s Too Unreliable to Tell
The transition to a new data system creates huge gaps in national crime stats sure to be exploited by politicians in this election year.
By
Weihua Li
Life Inside
June 10
The ‘Foul-Mouthed Pagan Lesbian’ Who Inspired My Jail Memoir
Keri Blakinger’s new book, “Corrections in Ink,” began with Susan Begg, an older woman the author met on her second day in jail. If only Susan had lived to see it in print.
By
Keri Blakinger