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Lance Lowry, who recently retired after 20 years as a corrections officer, outside the Huntsville Unit in Texas.

News November 1

As Corrections Officers Quit in Droves, Prisons Get Even More Dangerous

Fewer guards lead to more lockdowns, rising tensions and scant access to healthcare.

By Keri Blakinger, Jamiles Lartey, Beth Schwartzapfel, Mike Sisak and Christie Thompson

During the 1971 uprising at Attica State Prison, prisoners wearing cloaks and football helmets, some of them with makeshift weapons, waited to negotiate their demands with state officials.

Looking Back September 14

Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later

The infamous 1971 prison revolt ended with a bloody police siege. We retell the story, minute-by-minute.

By Tom Meagher and Pedro Burgos

A man from a nearby prison was shackled to the bed in a Rhode Island hospital while being treated with a ventilator for COVID-19 in the intensive care unit in December.

Coronavirus June 30

A Half-Million People Got COVID-19 in Prison. Are Officials Ready for the Next Pandemic?

People who live and work in prisons worry they remain vulnerable, even as life behind bars returns to business as usual.

By Katie Park, Keri Blakinger and Claudia Lauer

Coronavirus June 24

A State-By-State Look at 15 Months of Coronavirus in Prisons

The Marshall Project and The Associated Press collected data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons every week. See how the virus affected correctional facilities near you.

By The Marshall Project

Kareen Troitino, the corrections officer union president for FCI Miami, stands outside the federal prison on March 12, 2021.

One Year Later: The Pandemic Behind Bars March 15

“Hell No”: Correctional Officers Are Declining The Coronavirus Vaccine En Masse

Public health experts worry that high refusal rates could undermine efforts to control the pandemic inside and outside of prisons.

By Nicole Lewis AND Michael Sisak

Death Sentences February 10

What 120 Executions Tell Us About Criminal Justice in America

The Marshall Project tracked every execution in America for more than five years. For condemned people, the path to death grew longer, more winding and erratic.

By Tom Meagher

Feature August 13, 2020

‘Con Air’ Is Spreading COVID-19 All Over the Federal Prison System

U.S. Marshals are transporting prisoners without testing them for coronavirus

By Keegan Hamilton AND Keri Blakinger

Prisoners at the Macomb Correctional Facility in New Haven, Mich., in 2016. Michigan is one of the only states that has tested every single prisoner for COVID-19.

Coronavirus May 28, 2020

Is COVID-19 Falling Harder on Black Prisoners? Officials Won’t Tell Us.

Some prison systems aren’t collecting race data. Others won’t disclose it. Experts say these are big mistakes.

By Maurice Chammah and Tom Meagher

Melissa Ann Horn, right, died of COVID-19 while incarcerated in Virginia. She is pictured here with her daughter, Brittany Brown.

Coronavirus May 14, 2020

What Women Dying In Prison From COVID-19 Tell Us About Female Incarceration

Fatal victims illuminate women’s unique problems in prison, and the all-too-common ways they get there in the first place.

By Cary Aspinwall, Keri Blakinger and Joseph Neff

Coronavirus April 24, 2020

Tracking the Spread of Coronavirus in Prisons

A new Marshall Project effort has collected data on the prevalence of COVID-19 among prisoners and prison staff. Here's what we know after one month of reporting.

By Katie Park, Tom Meagher and Weihua Li