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Testify October 26
How We Analyzed Cases of People Cycling In and Out of Cleveland’s Courts
The Marshall Project examined tens of thousands of criminal cases in Cuyahoga County.
By Ilica Mahajan and David Eads
A illustration shows the figure of a person standing in front of a police car with red and blue lights on. Two officers stand in the foreground looking on.
Testify October 26
Five Things to Know About Cleveland Courts’ Revolving Door
In most cases, people who repeatedly appear before the courts are not committing violent crimes.
By Wesley Lowery and Ilica Mahajan
An illustration shows the figure of a person standing in front of the facade of a court building with columns. There are clouds behind the building facade and the color scheme of the illustration is blue, red, and black.
Testify October 26
Who’s Really Cycling In and Out of Cleveland’s Courts?
Often miscast as violent criminals, most repeat defendants commit nonviolent crimes borne out of untreated addiction and mental illness, a Marshall Project analysis shows.
By Wesley Lowery and Ilica Mahajan
Feature June 7
A Tupperware of Heroin, Or How I Ended Up in Prison
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘Corrections in Ink,’ Keri Blakinger puts us at the scene of her drug arrest — and her path to becoming The Marshall Project’s first formerly incarcerated staff writer.
By Keri Blakinger
Detainees eat lunch at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Florence, Ariz., on Feb. 28, 2013.
Life Inside November 25, 2020
Why My First Thanksgiving in Prison Was The Best One I’d Had In Forever
Between being sober, getting a visit and having a surprise feast with the mean girls in my unit, I still cherish that day.
By Keri Blakinger
Life Inside November 5, 2020
A Pacifist's Plan to Survive the Violent World of Prison
I once surveyed a plot of land for a future prison. Now I live in one.
By Ryan M. Moser
Crisis responders Aana Sundling and Chris Jones visit an unhoused community member in Olympia, Wash., to let them know about a potential shelter opportunity, in July.
Feature July 24, 2020
This City Stopped Sending Police to Every 911 Call
Riding along with the civilian “crisis responders” of Olympia, Washington.
By Christie Thompson
Life Inside November 7, 2019
The Never-Ending Drug Hustle Behind Bars
“While I went to high school with casual weed smokers and worked at various jobs with weekend coke snorters, I was entirely unprepared for what I’ve seen in state prison.”
By Dan Rosen
Women participate in a group therapy session at the detox unit at the Middleton House of Correction in Essex County, Mass.
News January 29, 2019
When Going to Jail Means Giving Up The Meds That Saved Your Life
How the Americans With Disabilities Act could change the way the nation’s jails and prisons treat addiction.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Life Inside January 3, 2019
I Was a Doctor Addicted to Pills. So Were My Patients.
“I had no idea if I would get caught. It didn't matter.”
By Lou Ortenzio as told to Beth Schwartzapfel
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