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Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
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Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth
Life Inside
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
A man with dark-toned skin wears a black suit jacket and white dress shirt.
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
March 2022 - Del Rio, Texas..Migrants from Venezuela cross the Rio Grande into Del Rio on March 23. They were approached by National Guard from North Dakota and told to walk towards the Border Patrol who were gathering migrants under the bridge for transport.
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
The federal prison complex in Thomson, Illinois.
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
Five headshots of the people who make up The Marshall Project Cleveland Bureau.
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
An illustration shows Susan Begg in an dark orange prison uniform, reading a newspaper while sitting on top of her prison bed. Various crossword puzzle columns and rows are displayed at the foreground.
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
A group of people walk through a dark hallway with prison cells on either side.
Feature June 9
Rethinking Prison Tourism
Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts.
By Hope Corrigan
Feature June 7
A Tupperware of Heroin, Or How I Ended Up in Prison
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘Corrections in Ink,’ Keri Blakinger puts us at the scene of her drug arrest — and her path to becoming The Marshall Project’s first formerly incarcerated staff writer.
By Keri Blakinger
Testify June 1
We’re Answering Your Questions About Cleveland’s Court System
We’re answering questions from the community about Cuyahoga County’s criminal courts, and sharing what we have gathered from the public docket of felony cases.
By Ilica Mahajan, Rachel Dissell and Anna Flagg
A photo collage shows Bobby Everson in a tan prison outfit in front of abstract paintings, an image of the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois, and a handwritten letter.
Feature May 31
How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest
Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said.
By Christie Thompson, The Marshall Project and Joseph Shapiro, NPR
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