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Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Raises Concerns Among Black Officers in Local Police Departments
Closing Argument
Not In Our Backyard: Some Pro-Trump Towns Push Against Detention Centers
Cleveland
Ohio Is Lifting Old Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines. Here’s What to Know.
News and Awards
April 25
The Marshall Project Named Finalist for 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
The reporting exposed the impact of widespread drug testing on pregnant people.
By
The Marshall Project
St. Louis
April 21
St. Louis Jail Is a ‘Potential Powder Keg’
A facility built for progress reflects ‘decades of neglect’ and the city’s deepest struggles, from mental illness to systemic dysfunction.
By
Jesse Bogan
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Immigration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Justice
Deportation
Immigration Detention
ICE
New York
Closing Argument
April 19
Fish Tanks, Plants and Podcast Studios — Some States Try a New Approach to Incarceration
America’s experiment with Scandinavian-inspired prison units is growing — and being tested.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News and Awards
April 18
The Marshall Project’s Inside Story Season 2 Nominated for 2025 Peabody Award
The award-winning video series takes viewers into the lives and experiences of people impacted by the criminal justice system.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
April 18
How I Became an Opera Composer in a Maximum Security Prison
I learned music theory through workshops at New York’s Sing Sing prison. I earned my stripes by singing for boisterous crowds of incarcerated critics.
By
Joseph Wilson
Cleveland
April 17
All Stick, No Carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Acts as a ‘One-Way Ratchet’ for Prison Time
Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn.
By
Doug Livingston
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Strengthening and Unleashing America's Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens – The White House
Justice Dept. civil rights office reshaped by Trump, prompting exodus
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
Former Jan. 6 prosecutor fears Trump pardons could encourage more violence
Runaway Tren
Former Jan. 6 defendant set to stand trial for Skokie woman's murder: 'Don't do this!'
Trump administration sues upstate New York city over "sanctuary" policies
Former Memphis officers to face second trial in beating death of Tyre Nichols
Albuquerque Has a Crime Problem. Is the National Guard the Answer?
“A Slow Motion Betrayal”: Maryland Democrats Forgo Banning ICE Contracts
Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All
Opinion
Some Thoughts on the Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan
146. Denaturalization and Expatriation
Son of a Gun: What to Do with a Legacy of (Unwanted) Firearms
How did a St. Louis man die in ICE custody?
ICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers
The Cybercriminals Who Organized a $243 Million Crypto Heist
NJ high court to hear case between Catholic diocese, prosecutor over investigating sex abuse claims
Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer
Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety
Closing Argument
April 12
The Bipartisan Push to Rethink Long Sentences for Abuse Survivors
A Georgia bill offers a model for other states looking to protect people who are accused or convicted of crimes stemming from their abuse.
By
Shannon Heffernan
News
April 12
Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director
West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
,
Keri Blakinger
and
Shannon Heffernan
Get Involved
April 10
Did Your Family Member Die in Prison or Jail? What Happened Next?
Your insights help inform The Marshall Project’s reporting on what families go through when someone dies in custody.
By
The Marshall Project
Cleveland
April 10
How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Keeps People in Prison Longer
It came as a response by lawmakers to a horrific crime. Now, thousands of people imprisoned since 2019 risk more time behind bars for breaking rules.
By
Doug Livingston