Dangerous Conditions in Prisons/Jails

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Dispatch From Deadly Rikers Island: “It Looks Like a Slave Ship in There.”

Rikers Island has been notorious for violence and neglect for decades. But detainees, corrections officers and officials tell us the New York City jail complex has plunged into a new state of emergency.

Life Inside • 10.05.2021

The Marshall Project Wins Collier Prize for State Government Accountability

Award Shared with Mississippi Today Recognizes “Mississippi Penal System, Uncovered,” Series on Practices in State Prison System

News and Awards • 09.29.2021

A Half-Million People Got COVID-19 in Prison. Are Officials Ready for the Next Pandemic?

People who live and work in prisons worry they remain vulnerable, even as life behind bars returns to business as usual.

Coronavirus • 06.30.2021

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