Examining a company providing low-cost health care services at jails across the U.S., and a formerly incarcerated person shares how a mentor behind bars saved his life.| The Marshall Project
Turn Key Health Clinics has quickly expanded to jails in 10 states. Some of its policies and practices have endangered patients.| The Marshall Project
There are more than 100 response teams nationwide, but experts say more research on their impact is needed.| The Marshall Project
ICE needs more detention space, and it’s faster to open old facilities than to build new ones.| The Marshall Project
Deputy Kasey Loudermilk lied and kept details off his application about other police forces disqualifying him, according to his personnel file.| The Marshall Project
Peter, of The Boston Globe, will lead the national criminal justice outlet’s news operations.| The Marshall Project
Promising to take over police to fight crime, Trump’s effort has instead morphed into mostly an immigration dragnet.| The Marshall Project
Plans to use Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer,” Louisiana’s Angola and other state prisons to house ICE detainees raise problematic questions, attorneys say.| The Marshall Project
As an observer, Tim Murphy must calmly prepare immigrants to face masked ICE agents. “You’re witnessing unspeakable cruelty, but you can’t lash out.”| The Marshall Project
Deputy Isen Vajusi’s actions raise more questions about how the Downtown Safety Patrol polices Cleveland’s streets without much oversight.| The Marshall Project
Honesty Bishop was attacked by her cellmate. Prison officials deemed her sexually active and kept her in isolation for more than 2,000 days.| The Marshall Project
The criminal justice journalism outlet shines in hard news and podcast categories.| The Marshall Project
It’s Florida, hands down.| The Marshall Project
Many people with little or no criminal record have been swept into the administration’s immigration dragnet since January, an analysis of deportation data shows.| The Marshall Project
In her new book, ‘Rehab: An American Scandal,’ Shoshana Walter explores how the giant substance treatment industry keeps failing many people desperate for help.| The Marshall Project
Without enough resources to meet their needs, families of homicide victims say, years later, they’re still struggling to cope.| The Marshall Project
The massive cuts will hit the formerly incarcerated hard — and that could increase crime, experts warn.| The Marshall Project
“When you grow up in a culture of violence, that doesn’t just disappear,” writes Rashon Venable. “We, as prisoners, have to take active steps toward rehabilitation.”| The Marshall Project
The president vowed to support the police and has given them reasons to cheer. But some of his actions have also frustrated some in law enforcement.| The Marshall Project
A federal judge considers if the president’s executive order barring hormone treatment in the Bureau of Prisons is cruel and unusual punishment.| The Marshall Project
After a minor change in a judge's order, the Trump administration arranged to move over a dozen transgender women to men's facilities.| The Marshall Project
Without guidance from the Bureau of Prisons, trans people are “told one thing from one staff person and a totally different thing from another.”| The Marshall Project
Few trans people receive gender-affirming housing and care in the federal prison system. This executive order would make it even harder.| The Marshall Project
A rare look into data collected under the Death in Custody Reporting Act revealed serious problems.| The Marshall Project
Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the government is supposed to track how many people die in law enforcement custody — but the data is a mess.| The Marshall Project
A Houston mother is one of many nationwide left with grief and unanswered questions when a loved one dies behind bars.| The Marshall Project
Learn what questions to ask prison or jail officials, how to request key records and what to consider if you’re thinking about legal action.| The Marshall Project
These families have yet to see justice in the deaths of their loved ones. Amid the grief, they are fighting to keep their memories from fading.| The Marshall Project
In this guide, families who have lost someone to violence in St. Louis share what did – and did not – help them rebuild their lives after a tragic loss.| The Marshall Project
For those whose loved ones were killed in St. Louis the investigative process could be improved with empathy, better communication, and frequent updates.| The Marshall Project
In St. Louis, people whose loved ones were killed said they didn’t know what to expect from the police. This guide explains the process.| The Marshall Project
The case now heads to the Ohio Supreme Court. An FBI probe still looms over Celebrezze and Mark Dottore, after Marshall Project - Cleveland reporting.| The Marshall Project
Exposing the risks posed by heat behind bars requires coverage at the intersection of public health, climate change and criminal justice.| The Marshall Project
The Clinton administration once used Matthew Morrison’s U.S. immigration case to help solidify peace in Northern Ireland.| The Marshall Project
News Inside Issue 20 documents survival and resilience under extreme conditions.| The Marshall Project
New York’s controversy over scanning mail in prisons reflects a national debate involving security and privacy.| The Marshall Project
State lawmakers, inspired by Trump, have passed dozens of anti-immigration bills this year.| The Marshall Project
Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain immigrants.| The Marshall Project
After years of debate, ‘The Sheriff App’ will allow people to use a smartphone to see who is in the Cuyahoga County jail.| The Marshall Project
Inside the effort to spare the Parkland school shooter.| The Marshall Project
The president’s new executive order defies legal precedent and proven strategies for reducing homelessness, says attorney Jennifer Mathis.| The Marshall Project
Many of the president’s recent pardons violate Justice Department policies designed to ensure fairness and public safety.| The Marshall Project
Watch our joint investigation with CBS Sunday Morning into how hospitals use unreliable test results to report parents to child welfare agencies.| The Marshall Project
Staffing shortages mean incarcerated people are not getting vital medical care, programming and other services.| The Marshall Project
The policies create new restrictions for immigrants and people who support them — including reviving measures previously rejected by courts.| The Marshall Project
The Trump administration recently ended a legal aid program, leaving immigrants who have mental health disorders on their own.| The Marshall Project
In Cuyahoga County, a jail death triggers mandatory investigations. Here’s what all Ohio sheriffs are supposed to do, and how to check their work.| The Marshall Project
They say returning to Guatemala isn’t an option — even if they are forced to.| The Marshall Project
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.| The Marshall Project
Amid federal corruption charges, the campaign finance report from Jody Owens features bad math, with thousands of dollars unaccounted for.| The Marshall Project
After 16 years in Michigan lockups, award-winning poet and writer Demetrius Buckley had to relearn how to be an active listener.| The Marshall Project
Use these tips from investigative reporter Alysia Santo to map out the systems you must unlock to get the documents you need.| The Marshall Project
From her prison cell, Dee Farmer drafted the lawsuit that became one of the most cited cases of all time, Farmer v. Brennan.| The Marshall Project
At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?| The Marshall Project
The new law aims to shift much of the nation’s law enforcement toward immigration — and could reduce efforts to prevent violent crime.| The Marshall Project
The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.| The Marshall Project
In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system.| The Marshall Project
In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.| The Marshall Project
Leavenworth, Kansas, is nearly synonymous with prisons. But when CoreCivic announced plans to detain immigrants there, residents pushed back.| The Marshall Project
The district judge ordered the prison system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people as needed, while a lawsuit proceeds.| The Marshall Project
On this anniversary of Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, here are six pieces about why it happened — and what followed.| The Marshall Project
Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.| The Marshall Project
As cash-strapped jails rush in for ICE contracts, one man’s death shows the complexity and risk of detaining immigrants.| The Marshall Project
The competition honors the best in visual journalism and design in the world.| The Marshall Project
A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.| The Marshall Project
A man was convicted and deported to Mexico, and at least 26 other people have been arrested under a Florida immigration law that officials were ordered not to enforce.| The Marshall Project
As crime data again becomes a flashpoint in the presidential campaign, experts push for better national statistics.| The Marshall Project
Nearly one-third of law enforcement agencies are missing from the FBI's 2022 crime statistics. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.| The Marshall Project
In announcing his presidential bid, Florida’s governor relied on data from only half of the state’s law enforcement agencies.| The Marshall Project
The transition to a new data system creates huge gaps in national crime stats sure to be exploited by politicians in this election year.| The Marshall Project
Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.| The Marshall Project
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.| The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.| The Marshall Project
Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.| The Marshall Project
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.| The Marshall Project
We asked 12 people with criminal convictions what they think of the verdict in Trump’s hush money trial.| The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project found nearly 100 people who were punished for the actions of their abusers under little-known laws like “accomplice liability.”| The Marshall Project
Tariq MaQbool reflects on disruptive COVID-era visitation restrictions that remain in effect at New Jersey State Prison.| The Marshall Project
Crime victim advocates and conservative groups are resisting moves to revisit “truth-in-sentencing” laws.| The Marshall Project
Matthew Farwell met her in a police Explorer program. Prosecutors say he abused her for years before she became pregnant and he killed her.| The Marshall Project
Little-known laws allow people to be punished for crimes they didn’t directly commit. Survivors of domestic violence are especially vulnerable.| The Marshall Project
Property crime and violence against young people are both up, recent federal data shows, but other crime trends are murkier.| The Marshall Project
There have been mostly modest changes following protests that galvanized the country in 2020.| The Marshall Project
In fiscal year 2020, border encounters dropped by half while rescue rates doubled. Experts and humanitarian groups point to a Trump-era policy that continues today.| The Marshall Project
The candidates who vied with Joe Biden to challenge President Trump in November—including Kamala Harris—staked out positions on bail reform, marijuana, immigration and more. Here’s where they stood.| The Marshall Project
In our revamped “Closing Argument” newsletter, this week we unpack the confusing legal landscape following the reversal of Roe v. Wade.| The Marshall Project
The state’s attorney promised to transform the office. Data shows she’s dismissed thousands of felonies that would have been pursued in the past.| The Marshall Project
As laws are passed to support the wrongfully convicted, some officials in the legal system push back.| The Marshall Project
Learn more about who we are and how we choose what political stories to cover.| The Marshall Project
As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next week, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.| The Marshall Project
“If it’s 103 outside, it may be 107 to -8 inside of your cell,” said a man who worked in the fields while imprisoned in Texas.| The Marshall Project
Where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, stands on policing, guns, prison reform and other issues.| The Marshall Project
Whistleblower laws have advanced in public and private sectors, but protections for police who report illegal or unethical behavior lag far behind.| The Marshall Project
Advocates are refining their rebuttal to “tough on crime” messaging: Don’t focus on punishment, but on reforms that improve public safety.| The Marshall Project
News Inside Issue 17 features the opinions of justice-affected people on Trump’s felonies, and a nonfiction comic about death penalty mitigation.| The Marshall Project
Courts are increasingly sending children to private youth care centers, spending millions while detention center overcrowding persists.| The Marshall Project
Here’s where Vice President Kamala Harris, a former prosecutor, stands on important criminal justice issues.| The Marshall Project
The policy plan for a second Trump term would turn the department against progressive local prosecutors.| The Marshall Project
Jules and Samantha Werkheiser fought their wrongful convictions for over a decade. Here’s their journey of survival — and motherhood — in pictures.| The Marshall Project
His administration has funneled $30 million to Ashland University in Ohio. Critics say the school’s tablet-based program fails incarcerated students.| The Marshall Project
