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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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I Got the Prison Transfer I Fought For. My Feelings Were Surprisingly Mixed

Demetrius Buckley’s long-awaited transfer to a lower-security prison means more time outside of his cell and a chance to see his daughter. But the transport process was like everything else in prison: slow, confusing and casually cruel.

Life Inside • 05.13.2022

I Grew Up Believing I Was Dumb. A College Education Behind Bars Healed That Wound

“My college degree taught me that anything is possible when you show someone how to love themselves, through accountability, vulnerability and education.”

Life Inside • 04.15.2022

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

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