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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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For This Mom in Prison, Mother’s Day Is a Blessing and a Curse

Kwaneta Harris has missed every single Mother’s Day with her 19-year-old. That means walking on eggshells, icy politeness and the occasional mom joke.

Life Inside • 05.08.2026

In Prison, Optics Are Everything

Assumptions and rumors determine the social hierarchy and the wrong friendship can be dangerous.

Life Inside • 02.20.2026

In the Shadow of an Immigrant Detention Center, a Small House Offers Refuge

Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.

Feature • 12.05.2025

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