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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For years, the public had no way to know just how many people died in Missouri’s prisons, a Marshall Project investigation found, because the state Department of Corrections wasn’t counting. “Deaths ...

Workers smuggle drugs that fuel a multimillion-dollar underground economy, leading to chaos, violence and death in Ohio prisons.

Federal agents began immigration enforcement operations in metro New Orleans on Wednesday morning, as part of what the Department of Homeland Security is now calling Operation Catahoula Crunch ...

When I started working for Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services in January 2023, I already had a deep knowledge of the agency’s past. I had previously researched and written about its Civil ...

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 reprieve means ...

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 Monday, North ...