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Analysis September 27, 2021
There Are Fewer People Behind Bars Now Than 10 Years Ago. Will It Last?
Census data show incarceration rates are down. It may have more to do with the pandemic than broad reforms.
By Weihua Li, David Eads and Jamiles Lartey
The System November 11, 2020
The United States of Incarceration
The United States locks up more people per capita than any other developed country. Here’s why.
By Nicole Lewis and Annaliese Griffin
News October 27, 2020
What 2,392 Incarcerated People Think About #DefundThePolice
Americans are grappling with intensifying calls to remake the criminal justice system. We asked people behind bars to weigh in.
By Nicole Lewis, Anna Flagg and Aviva Shen
Life Inside June 18, 2020
My Dad Went to Prison When I Was 5. Now I Write About Families Like Mine
Growing up with a father who was incarcerated didn’t define me. But it certainly taught me to challenge stereotypes and ask better questions.
By Sylvia A. Harvey
Election 2020 March 11, 2020
Millennials, Meth and Mass Incarceration
We asked incarcerated people to weigh in on the biggest issue facing the country today. Here is what they said.
By Aviva Shen and Katie Park
Presidential hopefuls squared off at the second night of Democratic primary debates in Detroit in July, debating some criminal justice issues but overlooking many others.
The Lowdown August 1, 2019
Beyond One-Liners: A Guide to the Democratic Debate on Criminal Justice
By The Marshall Project
Prisoners in Angola, Louisiana, where the state prison population has dropped by 5.4 percent.
News May 18, 2018
Maryland Leads as Prison Populations Continue to Decline
Sentencing reforms still curbing mass incarceration, but some eye reversals.
By Nicole Lewis
National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a new memorial in Montgomery, Ala., honors thousands of people killed in racist lynchings.
News April 30, 2018
Rewriting the Story of Civil Rights
A Marshall Project journey to Montgomery, Alabama.
By Carroll Bogert
News January 17, 2018
Trump Justice, Year One: The Demolition Derby
Here are nine ways the law-and-order president has smashed Obama’s legacy.
By Justin George
Women at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Ill., in 2016.
Justice Lab December 15, 2017
A Mass Incarceration Mystery
Why are black imprisonment rates going down? Four theories.
By Eli Hager
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