The Marshall Project

Commentary August 14

Accused priests face church-imposed “prayer and penance,” but not courts.

Susan E. Gallagher

Commentary August 13

Hazardous conditions undermine the benefits of early work release.

By Kristi Graunke and Will Tucker

Life Inside August 9

I looked into her eyes and told her, “Promise me you won’t hurt yourself again.”

By Kimberly Davoren as told to Mustafa Z. Mirza

Commentary August 9

Spike Lee’s Hero is Not the First Black Person to Breach the Klan — Or the Most Effective.

By Vee Wright

Case in Point August 6

An inmate tests a new patch of constitutional ground.

By Andrew Cohen

News August 6

Cory Booker and Sherrod Brown, both Democrats, want answers from the insurance industry.

By Joseph Neff

Life Inside August 2

A deluge, terror and a miracle.

By Deidre Mcdonald

Commentary August 2

Fewer calls on opioid abuse may mean sicker, and more dangerous, rural communities.

Tonyaa J. Weathersbee

News August 1

Do states have an obligation to educate formerly incarcerated people about their new rights?

By Eli Hager

Justice Lab July 31

The Curfew Myth

How a ‘90s panic spawned an anti-crime measure that doesn’t make you safer.

By Ivonne Roman