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Death Sentences
The Supreme Court Let The Death Penalty Flourish. Now Americans are Ending It Themselves.
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Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
News
Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth
News and Awards
June 28
Data Reporter Geoff Hing Joins The Marshall Project
Hing will expand investigative data journalism and reporting to expose abuses in criminal justice.
By
The Marshall Project
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
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January 2021 Insurrection
Life Inside
June 17
I Joined the Parole Board to Make a Difference. Now I Call It ‘Conveyor Belt Justice.’
Between the grueling schedule, copious paperwork, abrupt hearings and risk-averse colleagues, prison reformer Carol Shapiro realized the New York parole system was dysfunctional by design.
By
Carol Shapiro
as told to
Beth Schwartzapfel
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
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
Opening Statement
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Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under Trump-era First Step Act, advocates say
The People v. Donald Trump
Shooting in Floyd County, Kentucky: Three officers dead
Oklahoma plans to execute 25 prisoners over the next 29 months
Pete Arredondo, Uvalde School Police Chief, Resigns from City Council
R. Kelly: Jim DeRogatis on why 30-year sentence is just the beginning.
Western Region jail exempted from Joe Biden’s executive order
Highland Park Fourth of July parade mass shooting, 5 dead, 16 hospitalized
DPIC Analysis Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations
Fourth of July musings on America's gun culture — with viral photos
Defendant sentenced to life in Fort Worth TX officer’s death
10-year-old Ohio girl denied abortion, is traveling to Indiana
In a small village, prayers and hope for missing migrants
Opinion
Medical Neglect in Arizona Prisons Violates Eighth Amendment, Federal Court Rules
Akron, Ohio, police fired dozens of shots at Jayland Walker, video shows
L.A. County investigators were told not to ask about Banditos, chief says
Commentary: On gun control, young people might be our last hope
Savannah spends $489K on ShotSpotter but doesn't keep data on effectiveness
Jan. 6 showed two identities of Secret Service: Gutsy heroes vs. Trump yes-men
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
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