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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.
This explainer tells you how.
By
Alexandra Arriaga
,
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
,
Celina Fang
,
Bo-Won Keum
, and
Liset Cruz
The Record
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in criminal justice today
Gun Violence
Mass Shooting
Abortion
criminalizing abortion
Police Accountability
Supreme Court
Highland Park, Illinois
Biden administration
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
Texas’ Operation Lone Star Target of DOJ Civil Rights Probe — ProPublica
Gun violence in America: A long list of forgotten victims
Sen. Lindsey Graham says he'll challenge subpoena in Georgia Trump probe
His PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It
Eric Holder Jr. convicted of murder in Nipsey Hussle death
Funeral Home Operator Pleads Guilty in ‘Illegal Body Part Scheme’
Opinion
Fund for Uvalde shooting victims isn’t paying them enough, officials say
Alabama Department of Corrections picks new medical, mental health care provider
The Endless Shame of Guantanamo Bay
Policing abortion won’t stop at abortion
Opinion
The Law Requires Pat Cipollone to Answer the Jan. 6 Committee’s Questions
Cops Are Still Fainting When They Touch Fentanyl
Revenue Over Public Safety
How Do You Prepare for a School Shooting?
New bill in Congress could help documented dreamers stay
New information in Tampa Police dog shooting reveals disturbing behavior from officers
The Deadly Link Between Climate Change and Incarceration
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