News and Awards
March 31
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.
Life Inside
May 9, 2019
“I’ve seen disasters averted because an inmate said these simple words: 'What would your mother think?'”
Life Inside
February 15, 2018
"The only right you have, I told him, is to make it home alive."
Life Inside
September 14, 2017
A mother with debts — and cancer — wonders if she’ll ever see her incarcerated children again.
Life Inside
February 16, 2017
‘I can’t touch him and comfort him.’
Life Inside
November 17, 2016
“Her eyes were slightly open, but vacant.”
Commentary
March 6, 2016
The First Time Texas Killed One of My Clients
An attorney pieces together a life cut short.
Feature
October 18, 2015
New regulations would give parents in prison the right to pause child support payments, but opponents say it undercuts welfare reform.
News
April 17, 2015
An immigration detention facility tries a new method for curbing sexual assault: Make the women dress differently.