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News and Awards October 6, 2021
The Marshall Project Expands, Adding to Audience Development and Product
Heather Ciras will focus on growth of the organization’s readership; Ryan Murphy joins as a developer
By The Marshall Project
The Language Project April 13, 2021
How I Convinced My Incarcerated Peers to Make Language a Priority
Rahsaan Thomas, an imprisoned journalist, has long fought to change the way outside media describe people in prison. One of his toughest crowds? His fellow reporters.
By Rahsaan Thomas
The Language Project April 12, 2021
The Language Project
Rethinking the words journalists use to talk about people who are currently or previously incarcerated.
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The Language Project April 12, 2021
What Words We Use — and Avoid — When Covering People and Incarceration
Journalism is a discipline of clarity. That’s why we’ve solidified our policy about how we talk about people who are currently in or have previously been in prison and jail.
By Akiba Solomon
A meeting of the Louisiana Crime Victims Reparations Board in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in May.
Investigate Your State September 13, 2018
How to Investigate Victim Compensation in Your State
A guide for stealing our work.
By Alysia Santo
Photos from some of The Marshall Project's best stories of the year.
Commentary December 18, 2017
Some of Our Best Work in 2017
Spend your holiday break with great journalism.
By Kirsten Danis
Reporters surround an Orange County Sheriff during a press conference about three men who escaped the Central Men's Jail in January 2016.
Commentary April 3, 2017
What I Learned About Justice Reporting From Inside Prison
A former prison journalist on what’s missing from criminal justice coverage.
Kerry Myers
On the way to solitary confinement in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.
Commentary April 18, 2016
Some of Our Best Work of the Past Year
From David Simon's Baltimore anguish to elite police fraternities to teens behind bars.
By Bill Keller
Justice Talk March 24, 2016
The Best Reporting on Solitary Confinement
Brush up for our March 30th chat on solitary confinement by reading some of the most crucial journalism on the issue.
By Blair Hickman and Christie Thompson
St. Louis County police officers Thomas Keener performing a search during a stop just outside the area designated as having a high risk of aggravated assault.
Justice Talk February 22, 2016
What You Need To Know About Predictive Policing
Key background reading before our discussion on predictive policing on Wednesday, February 24th.
By Blair Hickman
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