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Analysis
See If Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI
Closing Argument
Confronting America’s ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Juvenile Detention Crisis
Closing Argument
How Policing Has — and Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd
Life Inside
Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars
News
August 4
She Tried to ‘Humanize’ Prisons in Oregon. Can She Fix the Federal System?
Inspired by European models, the new Bureau of Prisons director built a Japanese garden in one penitentiary and made official language less demeaning. But some are skeptical of lasting reform.
By
Keri Blakinger
News and Awards
August 3
Raghuram Vadarevu Joins The Marshall Project as Senior Editor, Storytelling
The new role will oversee multimedia storytelling to engage new audiences and reach more people affected by the criminal justice system.
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Closing Argument
July 30
“It’s Crushing”: The Lasting Trauma of the Exonerated
Proving your innocence is only part of the battle to put your life back together.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Life Inside
July 29
When People Fear Me Based on My Jail Tats and Scars, They Miss the Real Me
A recent ride to a public clinic gave Jose Armendariz a quick break from jail. But he couldn’t escape the fear and judgement of the other patients.
By
Jose Armendariz
News Inside
July 28
Banned Behind Bars
Issue 11 of News Inside delves into topics that would normally get a publication barred from prisons and jails
By
Lawrence Bartley
Closing Argument
July 23
How Criminalizing Abortion Is Causing a “Bewildering Patchwork” of Enforcement
In our revamped “Closing Argument” newsletter, this week we unpack the confusing legal landscape following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
FBI agent in misconduct case may have tampered with drugs, guns, documents say
Chief Quits as Mississippi Prisons Face Inquiry
I-594 supporters to push for more gun laws in Olympia
Toledo municipal court arrest warrants unconstitutional
Dead Man Waiting
New Orleans voters reject Law Enforcement District tax
Report: Iowa prison population set to grow 39 percent by 2024
City Sued Over 'Owed Time' in Solitary Confinement
Court to reconsider decision to dismiss ex-FBI agent’s murder case
The links among incarcerations, plea bargains and violent neighborhoods
A double standard on destroying evidence
The Sentencing Project
BBC News
The Leonard Lopate Show: Held for Three Years on Riker's Island Without a Trial
▶ Overcriminalization in America: Frozen Out of Justice
Only thirteen states refuse to release data on Pentagon equipment transfers to police
Jo Ann Harris, 81, Dies; Prosecuted Headline Cases
Kuwaiti Fawzi al-Odah the “forever prisoner” released from Guantánamo.
News
July 22
Decades After Leaving Foster Care, She Learned She Was Owed Benefits. Where Did The Money Go?
After reading a Marshall Project/NPR investigation, former foster youth are asking what happened to their benefits — and the government isn’t helping.
By
Alexandra Arriaga
News and Awards
July 19
The Marshall Project Receives Prestigious Award From Missouri School of Journalism
Award-winning newsroom honored for its distinguished service and superior achievements in journalism.
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The Marshall Project
News and Awards
July 19
The Marshall Project and Ohio Local News Initiative Join Forces to Hire Local Journalist Rachel Dissell
Dissell will contribute to the reporting and community engagement efforts of the Cleveland newsroom.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
July 15
My Prison Gets So Hot, the Floors Sweat
Survival tips include, “Wait it out” and “Buy another fan, bro.”
By
Demetrius Buckley