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Commentary
August 16, 2016
What the DOJ’s Report on Baltimore Teaches Us About Cops, Sex Workers, and Corruption
A look inside a culture of pervasive misconduct.
By
Ethan Brown
News and Awards
March 8, 2017
Justin George named first Washington, D.C. correspondent for The Marshall Project
He was previously an award-winning crime reporter for The Baltimore Sun.
By
The Marshall Project
News
April 28, 2015
Meet Anthony Batts
A brief, aggregated history of the Baltimore police commissioner at the eye of the storm.
By
Andrew Cohen
Commentary
April 18, 2016
Some of Our Best Work of the Past Year
From David Simon's Baltimore anguish to elite police fraternities to teens behind bars.
By
Bill Keller
News
June 29, 2023
A Dozen Cities Set Youth Curfews This Year, Even Though They Don’t Reduce Crime
Texas recently banned juvenile curfews, while cities like Baltimore and Memphis have doubled-down on them.
By
Lakeidra Chavis
Analysis
July 10, 2015
The Rise and Fall of Anthony Batts
He was more at home at Harvard than on the streets.
By
Simone Weichselbaum
The Frame
January 6, 2015
The Writing on the Walls
Photographer Mark Perrott examines the graffiti, and the lives, of the prisoners of E Block.
Photographs by
Mark Perrott
Life Inside
July 25, 2019
It Was My Job to Tell the Truth About Jails
“Anyone not touched by the system was unlikely to understand: Going to jail actually marks a story’s beginning.”
By
Robin Campbell
Closing Argument
January 20
Texas vs. the USA: Inside the Immigration Showdown
The Southern border is now an open battle between Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden Administration.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News
February 16, 2015
The White and the Blue
Boston cops weather the endless snow.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
News
February 26, 2018
👀 👀 👀 the Prosecutors
Court Watch NYC is the latest local group monitoring the criminal justice system as it happens.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Life Inside
December 8, 2016
The Lure of the Prison Fight
Craving the madness.
By
Deyon Neal
News
June 8, 2020
The Short, Fraught History of the ‘Thin Blue Line’ American Flag
The controversial version of the U.S. flag has been hailed as a sign of police solidarity and criticized as a symbol of white supremacy.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Cary Aspinwall
The Frame
October 4, 2018
The Prison Portraits
A Pennsylvania artist draws hundreds of fellow inmates to show the scale of mass incarceration.
By
Maurice Chammah
Illustrations by
Mark Loughney
Closing Argument
April 13
The Parents Paying for Their Children’s Crimes
Experts warn about a wave of legal consequences for parents like the Crumbleys, while some states consider prosecutions for kids as young as 10.
By
Jamiles Lartey
Feature
December 17, 2014
The Slow Death of the Death Penalty
The public supports it, but the costs are lethal.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
August 1, 2019
The King of Dreams
A Texas con artist made millions promising prisoners' families the thing they wanted most: To bring their children home.
By
Christie Thompson
Analysis
November 6, 2015
The Dissenters
Not everybody is aboard the criminal justice reform bandwagon. Here’s why.
By
Maurice Chammah
The California Experiment
April 23, 2018
The Catalyst
Thelton Henderson transformed California’s criminal justice system. Now comes the backlash.
By
Abbie VanSickle
Looking Back
March 13, 2015
Broken on the Wheel
The gruesome 18th Century legal case that turned a famed philosopher into a crusader for the innocent.
By
Ken Armstrong
News and Awards
January 12, 2021
Wesley Lowery Joins The Marshall Project
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist will join the organization as a contributing editor, focusing on local accountability journalism about criminal justice.
By
The Marshall Project
Feature
May 26, 2015
Policing the Police
As the Justice Department pushes reform, some changes don't last.
By
Simone Weichselbaum
Looking Back
March 1, 2018
The Kerner Omission
How a landmark report on the 1960s race riots fell short on police reform
By
Nicole Lewis
Case in Point
May 22, 2017
Justice on the Cheap
Thomas Edward Clardy and the trial after the trial.
By
Andrew Cohen
Looking Back
December 29, 2014
The Willie Bosket Case
How children became adults in the eyes of the law.
By
Eli Hager
Commentary
January 26, 2017
Inside the Clemency Lottery
The difference between the freed and the left-behind was often luck.
Sean Nuttall
Q&A
November 16, 2015
The Odds of Overturning the Death Penalty
The man who helped topple it (briefly) in 1972 gauges the likelihood of success.
By
Maurice Chammah
The Frame
April 25, 2018
Documenting the Hard Truths of Prison and Policing
At Tribeca Film Festival, new documentaries give voice to the incarcerated and communities struggling with crime.
By
Celina Fang
Feature
September 18, 2015
The Next To Die
Tracking scheduled executions around the country.
By
Tom Meagher
,
Gabriel Dance
and
Andy Rossback
News
March 20, 2017
Cops Win Another Round Pursuing the Prosecutor Who Pursued Them
A judge rules against Marilyn Mosby in the Freddie Gray case.
By
Eli Hager
Commentary
October 16, 2018
The Video Doesn’t Lie — Even If the Officer Did
A retired police officer reflects on the Jason Van Dyke verdict.
By
Neill Franklin
Analysis
March 30, 2018
The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant
The link between immigration and crime exists in the imaginations of Americans, and nowhere else.
By
Anna Flagg
Commentary
April 27, 2016
The Other F-word
What we call the imprisoned matters.
By
Bill Keller
News
August 14, 2017
Crowdsourcing the Charlottesville Investigation
The mixed blessing of an internet posse.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Simone Weichselbaum
Life Inside
January 25, 2018
The Misery of “Medical Chain”
When a trip to the hospital means spending hours on a cramped bus handcuffed to another prisoner.
By
Deidre Mcdonald
Feature
April 29, 2018
More from The Marshall Project
Vance the philanthropist, Vance and the game of hide-the-evidence, Vance and the rise of the reform DA.
By
Tom Robbins
News and Awards
June 11, 2021
The Marshall Project Wins The Pulitzer Prize
“Mauled” is honored in the National Reporting category.
By
The Marshall Project
Coronavirus
May 18, 2020
The Rise of the Anti-Lockdown Sheriffs
Opposition to stay-at-home orders is the latest example of a history of powerful sheriffs, which stretches back to the end of slavery and the settling of the frontier.
By
Maurice Chammah
Graphics
December 19, 2014
By the Numbers
A guide to the latest stats in the world of criminal justice.
By
Gerald Rich
,
Ivar Vong
and
Andy Rossback
Southside
October 31, 2018
The Waiting Room
For many released into the harsh environment outside Chicago’s Cook County Jail, it can be impossible to find their way home.
By
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve
News and Awards
June 16
David Dexter joins The Marshall Project as Senior Development Writer
In this new role, Dexter brings expertise in development writing for nonprofits to The Marshall Project.
By
The Marshall Project
Case in Point
February 28, 2019
The Father, the Son and the Holy Buck
A capital case in Alabama raises the question: are you entitled to a conflict-free lawyer?
By
Andrew Cohen
Looking Back
February 24, 2016
Who Told the Truth?
A hearing in San Antonio will revive the ghosts of the satanic abuse trials and questions about the testimony of child victims.
By
Maurice Chammah
News and Awards
November 15, 2014
Why The “Marshall” Project?
Thurgood Marshall was a towering figure in the civil rights movement and the first African American justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
January 8, 2016
My Life in the Supermax
Finger handshakes, the toilet phone, and the “shoe bomber.”
By
Eli Hager
Feature
May 24, 2016
Nothing But The Truth
A radical new interrogation technique is transforming the art of detective work: Shut up and let the suspect do the talking.
By
Robert Kolker
Life Inside
March 16, 2017
The Death Row Basketball League
Always playing against the clock.
By
Lyle May
Life Inside
October 4, 2018
Shattering the Maximum Security Ceiling
“I want to do the work that the guys do.”
by
Gina Clark
as told to
Manuel Villa
Analysis
February 20, 2017
The Opposite of Sanctuary
Where the local lawmen serve as immigration enforcers.
By
Anna Flagg
Feature
September 14, 2016
The Obstacle Course
Applicants said the country's largest state university system discriminated against former prison inmates. Now, the schools have decided to 'ban the box'.
By
Simone Weichselbaum
Commentary
February 26, 2015
The Great Empiricist
Thurgood Marshall’s unsentimental views on race and the death penalty.
by
Evan Mandery
News and Awards
April 13, 2021
The Marshall Project Wins the Goldsmith Prize
Honored for our investigations into violence and dysfunction in the Mississippi prison system.
By
The Marshall Project
News Inside
August 13, 2020
The New Normal
The fifth edition of The Marshall Project’s print publication explores a world transformed by COVID-19 and the George Floyd protests.
By
Lawrence Bartley
Commentary
March 19, 2015
The Petri Dish
Georgia has become the laboratory of criminal justice reform.
By
Andrew Cohen
News
January 23, 2015
The Politics of Mercy
Is clemency still the third rail? We may find out.
By
Ken Armstrong
The System
October 23, 2020
The Future of Policing
What do advocates mean when they call for “defunding,” “abolishing” or “reimagining” the police?
by
Jamiles Lartey
and
Annaliese Griffin
News
July 20, 2016
Did the Cop-Killers Have PTSD?
We may never know, because “it is so easy to fall through the cracks.”
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
News
March 28, 2018
The Uncertain Fate of College in Prison
Obama revived Pell grants for prisoners, but the program faces a cloudy future.
By
Nicole Lewis
Analysis
July 13, 2015
The President Goes to Prison
But Congress is the place to watch.
By
Andrew Cohen
Q&A
November 6, 2023
The Untold Story of How Crack Shaped the Justice System
In a new book, a journalist wrestles with how lessons from America’s response to crack resonate in the opioid era.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
News
October 25, 2016
Does the First Amendment End at the Prison Gate?
An inmate’s novel is the latest test.
By
Eli Hager
News and Awards
October 21, 2020
Introducing “The System”
Our new limited-run email series explores how the criminal justice system actually works.
By
The Marshall Project
News
May 30, 2018
The $580 Co-pay
In prison, seeing the doctor can cost up to a month’s salary.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
The California Experiment
December 20, 2018
The Great California Prison Experiment
Crime is up. The mystery is why.
By
Abbie VanSickle
and
Manuel Villa
Justice Lab
December 4, 2014
The Misleading Math of ‘Recidivism’
Even the Supreme Court gets it wrong.
By
Dana Goldstein
Looking Back
April 27, 2016
Trump and the Mob
The budding mogul had a soft spot (but a short memory) for wiseguys.
By
Tom Robbins
Feature
February 3, 2016
Policing the Future
In the aftermath of Michael Brown's death, St. Louis cops embrace crime-predicting software.
By
Maurice Chammah
, with additional reporting by
Mark Hansen
Crime on the Ballot
October 18, 2016
New Strategy for Justice Reform: Vote Out the DA
A battle in Tampa reflects a shift across the country.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
July 9, 2015
The Sex-Offender Test
Can the Abel Assessment tell if you're a potential child-molester?
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
April 29, 2018
The People vs. Cy Vance
Think the Manhattan DA goes easy on the rich? Take a look at how he prosecutes the poor.
By
Tom Robbins
News
January 24, 2018
The Ultimate Insider Art
On Tennessee’s death row, the old aphorism applies: art is long, life is short.
By
Jeremy Olds
The Language Project
April 12, 2021
The Language Project
Rethinking the words journalists use to talk about people who are currently or previously incarcerated.
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Q&A
March 9, 2015
The State of Marijuana
A conversation with a prominent thinker on the evolving law — and business — of pot.
By
The Marshall Project
News
December 14, 2015
The Bureaucracy of Mercy
Why hasn’t President Obama freed more prisoners? Maybe that’s the wrong question.
By
Bill Keller
Commentary
June 15, 2016
Ban the Other Box
Getting suspended or expelled should not be the end of hope.
By
Kate Weisburd
Q&A
October 2, 2017
What’s Behind the Decline in the Death Penalty?
A new book explores the slow demise of the ultimate punishment.
By
Maurice Chammah
Q&A
January 7, 2019
The Case Against Cannabis
A journalist’s pursuit of the truth about marijuana, mental illness and violence.
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Commentary
June 19, 2019
The Case for Abolition
“We have grown weary of worn-out debates over the feasibility of a world without prisons.”
By
Ruth Wilson Gilmore
and
James Kilgore
Case in Point
November 14, 2016
When the Star Witness Recants
The evidence against Rodney Lincoln has evaporated, but the courts say he’s out of luck.
By
Andrew Cohen
Q&A
March 2, 2016
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Remembers Rodney King and the L.A. Riots
‘Rodney King is in the lineage of Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Trayvon Martin — that lineage of violation.’
By
Bill Keller
Q&A
November 23, 2015
The Filmmaker Who’s Taking on Taser
A new documentary criticizes TASER International and the studies behind their safety claims.
By
Christie Thompson
News
August 12, 2018
The Right Age to Die?
For some, science is outpacing the High Court on juveniles and the death penalty.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Commentary
June 19, 2018
The Long Way Home
“Each step in the transition from prison to community is an opportunity for either social integration or isolation.”
By
Bruce Western
The Marshall Project Inside
March 11, 2021
The Making of “Superpredators”
The first edition of The Marshall Project’s new video series, designed for audiences inside and outside of prison, examines a toxic media myth that damaged a generation of Black youth.
By
Donald Washington, Jr.
and
Lawrence Bartley
Commentary
March 13, 2015
Asking the Right Questions About the Death Penalty
The incoming head of the Death Penalty Information Center on the time he was a potential juror in a capital case.
By
Robert Dunham
Feature
July 24, 2020
Witnesses to the Execution
An oral history of the first federal execution under Donald Trump, as told by victims’ relatives, prison staff, and others.
By
Maurice Chammah
and
Keri Blakinger
Commentary
February 8, 2016
Black and Unarmed: Behind the Numbers
What the Black Lives Matter movement misses about those police shootings.
By
Heather Mac Donald
News
July 22, 2015
What You May Have Missed in the Sandra Bland Video
And it has nothing to do with the arrest itself.
By
Eli Hager
Feature
December 18
The Mercy Workers, Illustrated
Her mission was to save him from death row — by telling the story of his life.
Reported and written by
Maurice Chammah
Illustrated by
Jackie Roche
Development by
Katie Park
News
April 16, 2017
The Immigration Policy That Ate the Justice Department
Under Sessions’ latest orders, the border is everywhere.
By
Julia Preston
News
March 12, 2015
Why Is the FBI so White?
The nation diversifies. The bureau, not so much.
By
Simone Weichselbaum
The Frame
November 18, 2014
The Men Who Should Have Been Free
Revisiting “The Innocents,” one of the first photo series to explore the lives of the wrongfully convicted.
Photographs by
Taryn Simon
The Frame
July 21, 2015
‘Sometimes the Camera is More Powerful than the Courtroom’
Criminal justice through the lens of Joe Rodriguez.
By
Lisa Iaboni
The Frame
October 23, 2017
In California, the Prisoners Fighting the Wine Country Wildfires
Photographer Brian L. Frank captures the lives of men on the fire lines and at home in prison conservation camps.
By
Celina Fang
Case in Point
June 19, 2016
The Death Penalty Case Where Prosecutors Wrote the Judge’s ‘Opinion’
Is that fair? The U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide.
By
Andrew Cohen
News
November 1
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.
By
Nicole Lewis
and
Shannon Heffernan
Closing Argument
October 8, 2022
The Problem With The FBI’s Missing Crime Data
Many police departments have not adopted the feds’ new reporting system, muddling the picture about national crime trends.
By
Weihua Li
and
Jamiles Lartey
News
March 20, 2018
The DAs Who Want to Set the Guilty Free
‘Sentence review units’ would revisit harsh punishments from the past.
By
Eli Hager
Life Inside
June 2, 2015
A Night with the NYPD
In which the rookie learns what police really think.
By
Bob Henderson
Analysis
January 31, 2017
Neil Gorsuch: Scalia Without the Scowl
Trump’s nominee has the ideology without the temper.
By
Andrew Cohen