The Marshall Project

Life Inside February 14

“We live like hermit crabs, schlepping our stuff here and there, taking up a new shell for a while then moving on.”

By Byron Case

Feature February 14

Tattoos, beards and past drug use are okay. What next?

By Simone Weichselbaum

Case in Point February 13

A California court case could unravel decades of police secrecy.

By Abbie VanSickle

Analysis February 12

The number of people in immigration detention has increased under every presidential administration for more than 25 years.

By Emily Kassie

News February 11

Missouri lawsuit says that the state’s parole process puts too many people back behind bars.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Life Inside February 7

“I didn't have anything to offer her except a lot of lonely nights.”

By Adolfo Davis as told to Elyse Blennerhassett

News February 6

Secretive agency channels money from companies to cops.

By Simone Weichselbaum

Life Inside January 31

“The whole experience, I realized, was like a strange mix between junior high school and the Roman Senate.”

By Benito Gutierrez

News January 29

How the Americans With Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Life Inside January 24

“The days would run together. The heat, the drudgery, the daily unpaid toiling in dirt and fields under the hot Texas sun.”

By Timothy D.V. Bazrowx