When the accumulated weight of violence, cruelty, politics and hopelessness took over my psyche, I knew it was time to hang ...

The prospect of the National Guard, active-duty Army troops and military police all converging on Minneapolis sparked fear this week from residents already reeling from a wave of Immigration and ...

In four Midwestern states, immigrants routinely won habeas corpus cases in federal courts. But the legal landscape is ...

The Trump administration’s embrace of the firing squad may test the public’s waning support for capital punishment.

As more local police collaborate with ICE, even some crime victims and people who call 911 are facing arrest.

Georgia spends about 60 cents per meal for prisoners. One man described it as ‘Being hungry all the time, and being fed slop.

A prison talent show, a former Motown producer and the promise that their album proceeds would go toward the costs of their ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. It started with a ...

When someone dies in prison or jail, their family is often left with more questions than answers. Official reports can be vague or delayed, and critical details about a person’s final hours may never ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. In a significant ...

On the first day of his second presidency, Donald Trump reversed former President Joe Biden’s executive order on private prisons. Biden’s order had barred contracts between the Department of Justice ...

Ahead of the 2024 election, The Marshall Project surveyed incarcerated people to shed light on their political leanings. We heard from more than 54,000 people in 785 prisons and jails in 45 states and ...