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In Some New York Prisons, Infirmaries Are Dens of Hidden Violence

After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

Feature • 04.30.2025

Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director

West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.

News • 04.12.2025

Why Firing the Prison Guards Involved in Robert Brooks’ Death Is Neither Quick Nor Easy

Our investigation in 2023 exposed how New York’s discipline system failed to hold abusive guards to account.

Closing Argument • 01.14.2025

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