News May 18

Maryland Leads as Prison Populations Continue to Decline

Sentencing reforms still curbing mass incarceration, but some eye reversals.

By Nicole Lewis

News April 30

Rewriting the Story of Civil Rights

A Marshall Project journey to Montgomery, Alabama.

By Carroll Bogert

News January 17

Trump Justice, Year One: The Demolition Derby

Here are nine ways the law-and-order president has smashed Obama’s legacy.

By Justin George

Justice Lab December 15, 2017

A Mass Incarceration Mystery

Why are black imprisonment rates going down? Four theories.

By Eli Hager

Analysis February 9, 2017

Everything You Think You Know About Mass Incarceration Is Wrong

Or at least misleading, says this contrarian scholar. Here’s why it matters.

By Eli Hager and Bill Keller

Commentary October 28, 2016

Better by Half

How New York City Cut Crime and Incarceration at the Same Time

Vincent Schiraldi and Judith A Greene

Commentary July 31, 2016

The Overlooked Promise in Hillary Clinton’s Speech

A call for criminal justice reform.

By Ames C. Grawert

Commentary July 6, 2016

Measuring Incarceration

Don’t overlook local jails.

By Christian Henrichson

Commentary December 15, 2015

Who is Putting the Most People in Jail? Not New York, Chicago, or LA.

A new tool drills down on hidden incarceration rates.

By Jeremy Travis

Justice Lab November 18, 2015

Our Prisons in Black and White

The race gap for adults is shrinking. Why is it widening for juveniles?

By Eli Hager

Feature October 23, 2015

Exclusive: Obama Calls the Death Penalty “Deeply Troubling.”

A one-on-one interview with the president.

By The Marshall Project

Analysis October 21, 2015

Congress Prepares to Deliver (a Little) Criminal Justice Reform

Is this the beginning — or the end?

By Bill Keller

Commentary October 13, 2015

What Can Reforming Solitary Confinement Teach Us About Reducing Mass Incarceration?

It’s not about non-violent offenders. And it won’t be cheap.

By Taylor Pendergrass

News October 9, 2015

Meet the Federal Prisoners About to be Released

A profile of the 6,000.

By The Marshall Project

Commentary October 7, 2015

The Clintons Aren’t the Only Ones to Blame for the Crime Bill

Black leaders also embraced it.

By Michael Fortner

Analysis July 22, 2015

The Nonviolent Offenders Congress Forgot

While prison reform gains momentum, the immigration debate remains “tough on crime.”

By Christie Thompson

Analysis July 15, 2015

‘Justice and Redemption Go Hand in Hand.’

A closer look at the president’s speech on criminal justice reform.

By Andrew Cohen

Life Inside May 26, 2015

Raised, and Imprisoned, by the State

A prisoner and former foster child on the kids he knew — and the inmates they became.

By Arthur Longworth

News May 7, 2015

A (More or Less) Definitive Guide to Hillary Clinton’s Record on Law and Order

She was for reform before she was against it before she was for it.

By Eli Hager

Justice Lab January 21, 2015

Yes, Mr. President, Incarceration Rates have Dropped ...

… But just a tiny bit, and it took a long time.

By Dana Goldstein

News January 20, 2015

‘My Fellow Americans’

Reimagining the president's State of the Union speech.

By Andrew Cohen

Justice Lab January 15, 2015

‘Blame Liberals’

A new book faults Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden and the NAACP for our prison state.

By Dana Goldstein

Justice Lab November 24, 2014

10 (Not Entirely Crazy) Theories Explaining the Great Crime Decline

From aging to gentrification to Prozac.

By Dana Goldstein