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What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation. The Marshall Project does not endorse the viewpoints or vouch for the accuracy of reports other than its own.

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What I Learned From a Year of ‘Life Inside’

Publishing personal essays about the criminal justice system can be as complex as the system itself, writes engagement journalist Carla Canning.

Life Inside • 04.07.2023

How to Write for The Marshall Project’s Life Inside

Life Inside is a weekly series of first-person essays from people who live or work in the criminal justice system. Here are answers to the questions people ask us most.

Life Inside • 04.13.2022

Welcome to ‘The Zo’

Where prison guards’ favorite tactic is messing with your head.

Life Inside • 02.27.2020

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