News June 7

He Pocketed His Victims' Organs. Was His Death Penalty Trial Fair?

As Andre Thomas faces execution for three gory murders, a court questions jury bias and his competency.

By Andrew Cohen

News May 1

Trump’s Quiet War on Migrant Kids

How the administration is turning child protection into law enforcement

By Eli Hager

Life Inside January 25

The Misery of “Medical Chain”

When a trip to the hospital means spending hours on a cramped bus handcuffed to another prisoner.

By Deidre Mcdonald

The Frame January 19

Bridge to Nowhere

Photographer Kirsten Luce captures the challenges facing migrants who arrive at a U.S. border crossing in Laredo, Texas.

By Julia Preston and Celina Fang

Feature October 11, 2017

“Cooking Them to Death”: The Lethal Toll of Hot Prisons

As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.

WITH VIDEO BY THE MARSHALL PROJECT, THE WEATHER CHANNEL AND DIVIDED FILMS

Life Inside September 7, 2017

Sentenced to Life in Prison — And a Job Making Furniture

Employee perks: None, really, unless you count the nail gun fights.

By Jayson Hawkins

Case in Point June 12, 2017

The Man Who Spent 35 Years in Prison Without a Trial

The Jerry Hartfield case is an extraordinary tale of justice delayed and denied.

By Andrew Cohen

News May 11, 2017

Jury Clears the Prosecutor Who Sent Cameron Todd Willingham to Death Row

John Jackson did not commit misconduct in 1992 case, a jury finds.

By Maurice Possley

Life Inside March 9, 2017

Facing Her Daughter’s Killer, at Last

But only after two wrongly convicted men were set free.

By Jeanette Popp, as told to Maurice Chammah

Life Inside February 16, 2017

A Mother Visits Her Son, Who’s Condemned to Die in April

‘I can’t touch him and comfort him.’

By Marilyn Shankle-Grant as told to Maurice Chammah

News February 8, 2017

“If Someone is Bringing Drugs into Mar-a-Lago, Police Could Try to Seize it.”

Donald Trump faces a fight on asset forfeiture.

By Maurice Chammah

Case in Point December 19, 2016

Unchecked and Unbalanced

The case of Clifton Harvin pits judges against judges.

By Andrew Cohen

Life Inside November 10, 2016

When Your Cellmate is Mentally Ill

Spending 20 hours a day with someone else’s delusions.

By Johnathan Byrd

Crime on the Ballot November 9, 2016

These Prosecutors Campaigned for Less Jail Time — And Won

Reform-minded candidates unseat incumbents in some races.

By Maurice Chammah

News October 23, 2016

If Prisoners Ran Prisons

Five Texas inmates say what they’d do differently.

By Maurice Chammah

News October 5, 2016

Making the Case Against Banishing Sex Offenders

Legislators won’t touch the subject, but courts are proving more sympathetic.

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside September 29, 2016

The Best Guard at My Prison Was Murdered

“Timothy. His first name was Timothy. I hadn’t known that. They punish us for using guards’ first names.”

By Christopher Dye

Analysis September 15, 2016

Sandra Bland, One Year Later

Her death at a Texas jail spurred a striking amount of reform talk across political lines.

By Maurice Chammah

Analysis June 30, 2016

It’s Been Almost Two Months Since the U.S. Executed Someone

We’re in the middle of one of the longest death penalty lulls in 24 years.

By Tom Meagher

Life Inside June 2, 2016

The Bogus Murder Confession That Changed How I Investigate Family Violence

A prosecutor on the case he’ll never forget.

By Staley Heatly

Looking Back May 30, 2016

The Real Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Had a Father in Prison

And he played drums in a prison band.

By Maurice Chammah

The Frame May 16, 2016

A Peek at the Golden Age of Prison Radio

A new book explores a time when Texas prisons promoted rehabilitation through a wildly successful radio show.

By Maurice Chammah

Commentary March 6, 2016

The First Time Texas Killed One of My Clients

An attorney pieces together a life cut short.

By Burke M. Butler

Life Inside March 4, 2016

Inside the 'Shithouse,' the Prison Unit Where Troubled Inmates Throw Feces at Guards

What it’s like to slowly lose your mind in the grossest corner of the prison-industrial complex.

By Jeremy Busby

Looking Back February 24, 2016

Who Told the Truth?

A hearing in San Antonio will revive the ghosts of the satanic abuse trials and questions about the testimony of child victims.

By Maurice Chammah

News February 2, 2016

Old Convictions, New Science

Texas tackles debunked forensics.

By Maurice Chammah

Life Inside December 23, 2015

A Rare, White Christmas in a Texas Prison

“A few flakes continued to fall, and for a moment, I forgot where I was.”

By E.J. Chappelle

Commentary December 17, 2015

Raphael Holiday was Put to Death, and His Lawyers Should Have Tried Harder to Stop It

Gretchen Sween was hired a month before Holiday was executed. This is what she saw.

By Gretchen Sween

News August 31, 2015

In the Execution Business, Missouri Is Surging

Defense lawyers call it a crisis; the state says it’s just doing its job.

By Maurice Chammah

News August 11, 2015

Why Three Counties That Loved the Death Penalty Have Almost Stopped Pursuing It

A closer look at get-tough DAs.

By Simone Seiver

Life Inside July 31, 2015

Bored in Jail? Walk to Canada.

The imagined journey of Steven Ray Epperson.

By Maurice Chammah

Feature June 17, 2015

Preying on Prisoners

In Texas, staffers rarely go to jail for sexually abusing inmates.

By Alysia Santo

Feature June 11, 2015

From Solitary to the Street

What happens when prisoners go from complete isolation to complete freedom in a day?

By Christie Thompson

News June 3, 2015

The 17-Year-Old Adults

States are raising the age of who counts as an adult, but it’s no simple task.

By Maurice Chammah

Feature June 3, 2015

Nigerians are Flocking to Work in Texas Prisons

An immigration trend changes the face of corrections.

By Maurice Chammah

News May 21, 2015

Reversing Rick Perry

A new Texas governor, a new policy on prison rape.

By Maurice Chammah

Commentary May 21, 2015

The ‘South Texas Family Residential Center’ Is No Haven

It’s an internment camp.

By Carl Takei

Q&A May 19, 2015

When The Gang-bangers Are White Guys

“If these biker gangs were non-white, we’d have a national freakout.”

By Dana Goldstein

The Frame May 1, 2015

Prison Plantations

One man’s archive of a vanished culture.

By Maurice Chammah

News April 23, 2015

Who Told the Truth, Part 2

A hearing in San Antonio revives the ghosts of the satanic abuse trials and questions about the testimony of child victims.

By Maurice Chammah

News April 8, 2015

For the Record

If police had recorded his interrogation, would Max Soffar be on death row?

By Maurice Chammah

News March 18, 2015

Willingham Prosecutor Accused of Misconduct

State bar files charges more than 10 years after execution.

By Maurice Possley

Feature March 9, 2015

Doubts from Death Row

More questions about the Willingham case.

By Maurice Possley

News February 25, 2015

American Sniper

A trial in Texas tests the limits of America’s sympathy for war-damaged vets.

By Maurice Chammah

Commentary February 24, 2015

A Most Unsurprising Riot

Life inside the infamous Willacy immigration prison.

By Carl Takei

News January 27, 2015

See No Evil

A new report details abuse of blind, deaf and disabled inmates in a Texas prison.

By Maurice Chammah

Asked and Answered January 6, 2015

‘The Rules Are So Thoroughly Stacked in the Defendant’s Favor.’

A Texas prosecutor on drug laws, jury bias, and the worst part of his job.

By The Marshall Project

Graphics December 23, 2014

Shifting Away from Solitary

More states have passed solitary confinement reforms this year than in the past 16 years.

By Eli Hager and Gerald Rich

Feature December 17, 2014

The Slow Death of the Death Penalty

The public supports it, but the costs are lethal.

By Maurice Chammah

News December 13, 2014

Kids Are Different

The sweet spot in criminal justice reform.

By Andrew Cohen

News December 1, 2014

Crazy or Faking It?

The impending execution of Scott Panetti and the search for a standard of sanity.

By Maurice Chammah

Feature August 3, 2014

The Prosecutor and the Snitch

Did Texas execute an innocent man?

By Maurice Possley