An analysis by The Marshall Project provides a window into what causes thousands of people to die in prisons and jails every ...

New Year’s Day is observed very differently by men with long-term prison sentences. Each of us is doing time. I decided to ...

Data collected under the Death in Custody Reporting Act has some serious problems. Here’s how we fixed some of them.

Jails are notorious for inhumane conditions. Detainees often complain of violence, inedible food, limited programming and subpar healthcare. Lack of sunlight may be an unexpected addition to the list.

Every jailhouse lawyer knows Dee Farmer’s name, even if they don’t know who she is. Farmer v. Brennan is among the most frequently cited Supreme Court cases of all time, referred to in tens of ...

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 ...

The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other developed country. In March 2020, before many COVID-19-related releases took place, about 2.3 million people were imprisoned in ...

For five and a half years, The Next to Die tracked every execution scheduled in the United States, starting in 2015.

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Community members packed the pews at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church Tuesday evening as part of a Greater Cleveland Congregations action to draw attention to the high number of Black children from ...

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. During his first ...

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 here. Despite the ...