Our Reporting on Coronavirus
Coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, criminal justice and immigration.
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How we survived COVID-19 in prison. Our staff writer Nicole Lewis began corresponding with incarcerated people last spring to understand how they were enduring the pandemic behind bars. Over the following months they wrote in detail about their grim lives in lockdown, the coronavirus outbreaks that sickened them, and the isolation and fear they felt as the death toll around them mounted. We selected four of these special correspondents, housed in prisons across the country, and asked artists to illustrate their stories. Here is the latest in our series, “The Pandemic Behind Bars.” The Marshall Project Read our story.
People who live and work in the justice system face unique challenges.
Over the last year, we corresponded with incarcerated people in prisons across the country. We asked artists to illustrate four of their stories as they wrote in grim detail about their lives in lockdown, the outbreaks that sickened them and the isolation and fear they felt as the death toll around them mounted. Read more.
More on living and working conditions
We’re watching how the criminal justice system responds to the crisis.
Fewer than 20% of federal and state prisoners have received a COVID-19 shot, our new tally reveals. In some states, prisoners have had to sue to get access. In other places, those who are eligible haven’t been given adequate education about the shot. Read more.
More on accountability
