Police used the Vallejo, California, rapper’s music against him. He used his jailhouse album to call them out by name.

Deputy Mayor Renita Francois will lead a new office that plans to dispatch more mental health professionals instead of police.

The U.S. government is reneging on key parts of a court settlement it struck with families whose children were seized at the ...

Although there are still instances of transphobia, I no longer let it break me down,” writes Lexie Handlang. “I feel sorry ...

At the Garden Time office in Providence, R.I., tree steward Mario Monteiro (right) greets Victor Fabian (left), a graduate of the group’s Green Reentry Job Training program. Mon ...

Scrutiny of in-custody deaths hits roadblocks in Hinds County, state Legislature. This is The Marshall Project - Jackson’s ...

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. The opening scenes ...

In May, prosecutors in Seattle charged a sheriff’s deputy with raping a 17-year-old girl. The deputy met the teenager while he was an adviser in his department’s youth mentorship program known as ...

It’s been a month since Faviola Salinas Zaraté was deported from the U.S., but she still has nightmares about the Louisiana detention center where she said she was locked in a windowless isolation ...

The United States is experiencing historic drops in crime across almost all categories, including murder, burglary and motor vehicle theft. But crime statistics don’t necessarily change how safe ...

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. “Medicine ...

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. On Oct. 29, 1984, a ...