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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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Superpredator: The Media Myth That Demonized a Generation of Black Youth

25 years ago this month, “superpredator” was coined in The Weekly Standard. Media spread the term like wildfire, creating repercussions on policy and culture we are still reckoning with today.

Feature • 11.20.2020

When You’re 16 and It’s Your First Time in Solitary

“I felt like I aged 10 years just by doing 20 days in there.”

Life Inside • 03.29.2018

Adolescence with an Ankle Bracelet

What it’s like to spend your teenage years tethered to Big Brother.

News • 11.30.2017

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