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Arrow support@themarshallproject.org Q&A Curating Crime and Punishment: What 10 Images Reveal About American Justice News Illinois Lawmakers Decry Prison’s ‘Gut-Wrenching,’ ‘Heartbreaking’ Conditions Redemption Songs An Iconic ‘90s Neo-Soul Record About Life After Lockup The Marshall Project Closing Argument August 1 ICE Is Trading Warehouses for Old Prisons Adapting to public pushback, the Trump administration is pivoting to expand immigration detention bedspace nationwide. By Jamiles Lartey Life Inside July 31 Pennsylvania Struck Down Mandatory Life Without Parole for 2nd-Degree Murder. What Comes Next? People affected by the state’s felony murder law reflect on the ruling and the uncertain path ahead. By Aala Abdullahi The Record The most popular topics in criminal justice today Second Trump administration Department of Justice Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE Immigration Detention Department of Homeland Security Todd Blanche Dangerous Conditions in Prisons/Jails Inside Story July 31 What if Prison Was Not Designed to Punish? In Germany, incarcerated people wear their own clothes, live in apartment-style cells and get family day passes — all to preserve human dignity. By Lawrence Bartley and Donald Washington, Jr. Cleveland July 30 It Was Supposed to Be a Haven for Troubled Teens. They Risked Everything to Escape. At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma. By Brittany Hailer and Ilica Mahajan Investigate This July 30 Were You in Residential Treatment as a Minor? Here Are the Records You’re Entitled To. This guide is for people impacted by the “troubled teen industry” to investigate abuses inside youth residential treatment facilities. By Brittany Hailer and Michelle Billman Get Involved July 30 Were You Abused or Neglected in Youth Residential Treatment? We Want to Hear From You. Help our team continue reporting on dangerous conditions in these facilities. We may also connect you with a journalist in your community. By Brittany Hailer Opening Statement Links from this morning’s email Louisiana AG Liz Murrill keeps opposing compensation for wrongfully convicted people The Deaths ICE Doesn’t Count – Mother Jones ICE detains Alabama teen in US since childhood after high school graduation: ‘He is deeply missed’ BIDEN grants available only to cities that help feds pursue undocumented immigrants A judge rules that a law regulating some guns can't be enforced Civil rights group sues Boston police for footage of fatal shooting of Dorchester man Amid mounting calls for a death penalty moratorium, Tennessee's governor says executions will continue The 'Blue Wall' won’t protect NYPD officer on trial for chokehold, prosecutor says Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases Opinion Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone Fix Legal Immigration and Enforcement Takes Care of Itself After Chatrie, the Real Fight Over Digital Privacy Is Just Beginning Corey Ruiz needed help. He languished in prison instead. Jan. 6 prosecutors urge Senate to stop confirming Trump’s election-denier nominees Incident at Texas School Underscores Concerns About Police Officers on Campuses Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm Immigration Courts Were Never Independent. Why The President Is Testing The Limits – Borderless Magazine NFP They Were Voted Out. They Refuse to Leave. Now What? St. Louis July 29 Since Death Penalty’s Return 50 Years Ago, Missouri Executes Prisoners at High Rate Over half of death row prisoners in Missouri have been executed. Nationally, the rate is 18%. By Katie Moore Redemption Songs July 26 A Cuban Protest Ballad From ICE Detention Cuban dissident Nilo Gibert Arencibia has been trapped in a Mississippi immigrant detention facility for eight months. Here’s his protest song. By Maurice Chammah and Lauren Villagran Closing Argument July 25 How Troubled Law Enforcement Recruits Wind Up With a Badge and Gun The killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero by an ICE agent in Maine is once more highlighting the problems with vetting and training in law enforcement. By Jamiles Lartey Feature July 24 A Prison on Fire Designed to help people with serious mental illness, Joliet Treatment Center repeatedly failed to prevent or respond to fires, despite two deaths. By Shannon Heffernan About People Privacy Sitemap Funders