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A photo shows two people’s silhouettes visible through a window of a federal immigrant camp. Their arms are raised. Below the window is barbed wire, and in the foreground is more barbed wire, blurred and close up.
Analysis August 25
Trump’s ICE Has Detained More People Than the Population of Atlanta
Unlike prior administrations, in Trump’s second term, ICE is aggressively arresting people far from the border and detaining them longer.
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Inside Story August 25
The Youth ‘Treatment’ Centers Kids Risk Their Lives to Escape
Thousands of kids enter residential facilities promised care. Instead, many face systemic abuse, and some risk everything to break free.
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A collage shows images of clippings of legal documents, officers holding a shield in front of a cell door, a silhouette of a person, a logo of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, a mural and two officers holding a person who is handcuffed.
St. Louis August 24
Nowhere Else to Go: One Man’s Perilous Journey in Jail to Understand Charges Against Him
A man’s time in a Missouri jail is a cautionary tale about the dangers of an overwhelmed system where vulnerable defendants and jailers await help.
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Redemption Songs August 23
Two 17-Year-Olds in Custody Wrote a Love Song in an Arts Program. One Didn’t Survive.
The Radical Reversal program opens recording studios in youth correctional facilities. The work doesn’t come without heartbreak.
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A photo shows a woman holding her child's hand as she walks down a hallway. On the right, ICE masked agents are standing against the wall.
Closing Argument August 22
How Trump and ICE’s Latest Tactics Target Immigrant Children
Officials claim to target the “worst of the worst.” But several agencies are now focusing on tracking and detaining children.
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An illustration shows an overhead view of a crowd of incarcerated people wearing plain shirts and striped pants. The people are standing with their arms behind their backs while one person, shown with a faded outline, lies on the floor. Between the people are faded blue outlines of other incarcerated people over orange circles.
News and Awards August 19
The Marshall Project Wins NABJ Salute to Excellence Award
A yearlong investigation into homicides in Mississippi prisons exposed dozens of unpunished killings and prompted calls for greater oversight.
By The Marshall Project
A magazine called News Inside set against a grainy gray backdrop. Light refracted through prison bars shines onto the magazine.
News Inside August 19
Bodies of Evidence
Lyrics, medical records and menopause — News Inside Issue 23 looks at what gets used against us, and what gets ignored.
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Sending Kites August 18
How to Prepare for a Prison Visit
Incarcerated readers share how they get ready for visits, and what they want their loved ones to know before walking through the doors.
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A photo shows a White woman smiling with her young daughter as they stand in front of a building with a U.S. flag.
News August 18
Parents are Giving Up Green Card Fights to Get Their Kids Out of Immigrant Jail
As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.
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News and Awards August 17
The Marshall Project and STLPR win National Murrow Award for ‘Remember Me’
The art installation and community engagement project honored the lives of homicide victims in St. Louis whose cases have gone unsolved.
By The Marshall Project
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