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Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
News
Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth
Life Inside
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
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
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 Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Roe v. Wade
Supreme Court
Abortion
Texas
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health
School shooting in Uvalde, Texas (May 2022)
criminalizing abortion
Mass Shooting
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
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
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
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
New York gun law: Supreme Court says Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home
Senate vote moves gun bill closer to reality
SCOTUS Says You Can't Sue the Cops for Violating Your Miranda Rights
Police Know Arrests Won’t Fix Homelessness. They Keep Making Them Anyway.
Miami-Dade Officer Investigated for ‘This Is How You Guys Get Killed’ Comment to Driver – NBC 6 South Florida
Could Less Policing Actually Reduce Gun Violence in NYC?
'Win-at-all-costs' Chicago law firm reaps $5.3M defending Baltimore cops in wrongful conviction suits
Examining Wisconsin's parole system through the political fog
Texas has executed 108 people whose death sentences were unconstitutional.
Nothing-But-Time-Elderly-Americans-Serving-Life-Without-Parole.pdf
Incarcerated Women Need A Place In Your Roe Outrage
Shaye Moss' ordeal and the Texas GOP platform: Trump's Big Lie was always about white supremacy
1 man is determined to break the cycle and not end up back in prison : NPR
“They Force You to Work”
Opinion
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
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