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Christie Thompson

Staff Writer

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I report on prison conditions, immigration and mental health care.

My Background

I’ve been a reporter with The Marshall Project since 2014, and now report from Seattle.

I was the recipient of the 2016 George Polk Award for Justice Reporting and a 2022 Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and was a finalist for a 2025 Livingston Award for National Reporting. My reporting with NPR on violence and abuse in a federal prison unit in Illinois prompted lawmakers in 2023 to close that unit.

Contact Me About...

I’m interested in hearing about abuse in prisons and the federal prison system as well as mental health care and its interactions with the justice system. And if you have stories about the immigration system you think are underreported, please reach out.