Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, ...

Non-traditional state agencies, from college police to wildlife protection, have been pulled into immigration enforcement.

As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...

Alfred Roberts was feeling a similar disillusionment at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2021, as he ...

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. President Donald ...

What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...

Americans built more than 900 prisons between 1980 and 2004, but the story of mass incarceration is also about what disappeared in those years. As crime rose and politicians fearmongered, prison ...

Under the terms of the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the Justice Department is required to collect information about everyone who dies in prisons and jails across the United States. The intention ...

After signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) last spring, President Joe Biden touted what the economic stimulus bill would deliver: food assistance to millions of people in need, ...

As the U.S. Justice Department starts sending more federal agents to big cities across the country, there’s good and bad news for their mayors and residents. The good news is that the feds in question ...