Death Sentences
September 7
As a Texas man sues for his pastor to touch him during his execution, a guide to rights for the condemned.
News
April 30
The new ruling could worsen existing racial disparities in states that condemn teens to die in prison.
Coronavirus
April 6
Despite CDC advice to vaccinate prisoners quickly, two-thirds of states lag behind the general population.
Death Sentences
February 10
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.
Feature
October 29, 2020
The terrifying reign of a small town’s police dog.
Feature
October 13, 2020
Law enforcement releases little information about their K-9s, despite injuries and death.
News
July 29, 2020
Many prisons, especially in the South, are named after racist officials and former plantations.
Feature
May 6, 2020
Introducing “Tutwiler,” a new Marshall Project/Frontline documentary about women in an Alabama prison who support each other through pregnancy, labor and saying goodbye to their newborns.
Coronavirus
April 2, 2020
As COVID-19 fear grows among prisoners and guards, concerns rise about possible unrest.
News and Awards
March 31, 2020
A new documentary from The Marshall Project and Frontline (PBS) offers a rare look at the lives of expectant mothers inside a notorious women’s prison.