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Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons

The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.

News • 07.11.2025

The Marshall Project Wins Prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Criminal Justice

The award recognizes our 2023 investigation exposing lax prison discipline for abusive guards in New York state prisons.

News and Awards • 05.21.2024

Your Local Jail May Be A House of Horrors

But you probably wouldn’t know it, because sheriffs rule them with little accountability. After one man’s death in a notorious lockup, residents of a Missouri town fought back.

Feature • 07.29.2020

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