Radio | 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

The Bootlegging, Blues Singing Star of 1930s Prison Radio

Hattie Ellis was poised for post-prison fame. Then she encountered shotcallers who didn’t value her voice.

Redemption Songs • 04.12.2026

This Radio Show Connects People Behind Bars With the Outside World

Prisoncast! — a special audio project from WBEZ Chicago — brings the sounds of life beyond prison walls to incarcerated people in Illinois.

News • 11.01.2023

The Prisoner-Run Radio Station That’s Reaching Men on Death Row

They can’t go to classes or prison jobs, and they don’t have tablets or televisions. But they do have radios.

Death Sentences • 12.20.2021

↓ Show More

Around the web