Illinois | The Marshall Project

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.

← Popular Records

Are we missing a record? Tell us.

Marshall Project Originals

Cadets Violently Strip Searched Us As Part of Their Training. For My Pain, I Got $325.

Willette Benford was one of several incarcerated women who sued the Illinois corrections department for using mass strip searches to train cadets. A small settlement check took her back to the shame and trauma of those incidents.

Life Inside • 05.06.2021

No Photo ID, No Services: Coronavirus Poses Steep Hurdles After Prison

For many people leaving prison during the pandemic, closed DMVs mean closed doors.

Coronavirus • 05.26.2020

New York Rolled Back Bail Reform. What Will The Rest Of The Country Do?

Bail reform advocates are adapting in light of COVID-19 releases and the lessons from New York’s no-bail flop.

News • 04.23.2020

↓ Show More

Around the web

Recently Added

Popular