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Bo-Won Keum is a designer, researcher and critic based in Brooklyn, New York. She is also the co-editor and designer of "Dear Books to Prisoners," a book compiling incarcerated people’s writings on access to books in prison.
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Feature
May 23
Out of the Blue: The Rise and Fall of a Black Cop
After Cleveland officer Vincent Montague shot a Black man, he got promoted. Then he allied with Black Lives Matter, and his life went off the rails.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper
Life Inside
April 26
What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like
Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Analysis
August 3, 2023
See if Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI
Nearly one-third of law enforcement agencies are missing from the FBI’s 2022 crime statistics. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.
By
Weihua Li
,
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
,
David Eads
and
Anna Flagg
Feature
October 18, 2022
We Surveyed U.S. Sheriffs. See Their Views on Power, Race and Immigration
In an exclusive new survey, The Marshall Project found that sheriffs are key to our debates on policing, immigration and much more.
By
Maurice Chammah
Feature
October 18, 2022
Does Your Sheriff Think He’s More Powerful Than the President?
Richard Mack has built a “Constitutional sheriff” movement to resist state and federal authority on guns, COVID-19 and now election results. A new survey shows just how many sheriffs agree with him.
By
Maurice Chammah
Life Inside
August 4, 2022
Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) Behind Bars
We asked people in prison to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days. Their accounts reveal a thriving underground economy behind bars.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Graphics
June 23, 2022
Out on Parole in Colorado? You Can Vote.
This explainer tells you how.
By
Alexandra Arriaga
,
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
,
Celina Fang
,
Bo-Won Keum
, and
Liset Cruz
Español
June 23, 2022
¿Está Usted En Libertad Condicional en Colorado? Puede Votar.
By
Alexandra Arriaga
,
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
,
Celina Fang
,
Bo-Won Keum
, and
Liset Cruz
Feature
November 2, 2021
Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls.
By
Abbie VanSickle
and
Weihua Li
Feature
May 17, 2021
Foster Care Agencies Take Millions of Dollars Owed to Kids. Most Children Have No Idea.
The majority of states obtain money intended for foster children with disabilities or a deceased parent without telling them, The Marshall Project and NPR found.
By
Eli Hager
with
Joseph Shapiro
, NPR