Coronavirus
May 3
As COVID-19 spread earlier this year, prison facilities across the country suspended visits from family and lawyers. Several months into the pandemic, some states are easing those restrictions. We’re rounding up the changes as they occur.
News
May 3
It’s the first time in years the highest court allowed such a suit to proceed. The ruling suggests it is reconsidering protections for officers who cause harm.
News
April 30
The new ruling could worsen existing racial disparities in states that condemn teens to die in prison.
Life Inside
April 29
I was born in D.C. to South Indian parents. But it wasn’t until I had to negotiate the criminal justice system that I fully realized what many Americans of color have to deal with.
Feature
April 23
At the start of the pandemic, we asked four incarcerated people to chronicle daily life with the coronavirus. Here, they reveal what they witnessed and how they coped with the chaos, fear, isolation and deaths.
Feature
April 22
State foster care agencies have been taking benefits that belong to some of the most vulnerable kids. Here’s what to ask to see if it’s happened to you — and how to ask for your money back.
Feature
April 22
The majority of states obtain money intended for foster children with disabilities or a deceased parent without telling them, The Marshall Project and NPR found.
News
April 20
“There is a whole wave of attacking elderly people in different ways," one New York legislator says.
Death Sentences
April 15
A growing number of conservative lawmakers want to overhaul capital punishment, or end it.
Coronavirus
April 14
During the pandemic, video chats replaced in-person visits between parents and their children placed in foster care. The effects could linger for years.