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Closing Argument
Who Should Pay Victims of Police Misconduct? Only the Officers, Some Cities Say.
Life Inside
The Last Words of a Man Who Died in Prison From a Treatable Cancer
Cleveland
Cuyahoga Sheriff Backs Off Tasha Grant Investigation Amid Family Criticism
An illustration shows a transparent silhouette of a person sitting down, surrounded by outlines of faces and smaller drawings of people sitting down.
St. Louis October 30
‘Lost’ in Missouri Jail Cells
A backlog of defendants deemed mentally unfit for trial persists despite public policy changes to address the crisis.
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Feature October 30
Their Loved Ones Died Behind Bars. These Keepsakes Are All They Have Left.
Five families reflect on the possessions they got back, and the ones they didn’t.
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Feature October 29
These Families Wanted to Lay Their Loved Ones to Rest. They Had to Bring Them Home From Prison First.
Policies that dictate what happens after a death behind bars often add new layers of pain — and financial and logistical challenges — for those left behind.
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A photo of a Latina woman in her 60s with a medium skin tone and short hair sitting at a desk with a microphone. The woman is wearing a blazer and blouse while holding a stack of papers, and is looking up and to the side.
Q&A October 29
‘To Scare People to Death’: Former ICE Director Reviews Trump’s Immigration Tactics
“It has never been done in this way before,” said Sarah Saldaña, who led ICE when Obama was nicknamed the “Deporter-in-Chief.”
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An illustration depicts two correctional officers dressed in gray shirts and black pants standing in front of a beige wall with barred windows high above them. At a distance in shadows lies the body of an incarcerated person wearing an teal prison jumpsuit crumpled on the floor.
Investigate This October 28
Journalists: How to Report on Deaths in Jails and Prisons
When you get a tip about a death or multiple deaths in your local jail or prison, there are concrete steps you can take to start investigating.
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A Black man with a goatee wears a white collared shirt with blue stripes and a yellow jacket with a green logo.
Cleveland October 27
Uncounted: Ohio Lawmakers Propose Bill to Track Pregnancy Outcomes in Jails and Prisons
A Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 investigation helped spark a bipartisan bill to track pregnancy outcomes in Ohio jails and prisons.
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A photo shows a man with a medium skin tone and a olive green t-shirt holding his phone up toward a group law enforcement agents, who are standing in uniform on the other side of yellow police tape.
Closing Argument October 25
Behind ICE Blitz, Trump Dismantles Discretion in Immigration Enforcement
ICE’s crackdown in Chicago reflects a deeper reshaping of the immigration system toward a singular focus: removing people with little or no review.
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A photo shows a group of Black men and women holding hands, closing their eyes, and bowing their heads in prayer in a forest.
Life Inside October 24
Finding the Racist Roots of Maryland’s Juvenile Justice System
As Maryland’s secretary of juvenile services, Vincent Schiraldi exposed a history of torture, neglect and Black boys buried in unmarked graves.
By Vincent Schiraldi
A photo shows a Cleveland Police van on a street at night parked by traffic cones, while a blue car starts to drive by from the left side of the photo.
Cleveland October 23
Cleveland Police Hire Firm to Look for Potential Bias When Officers Encounter the Public
The move follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland analysis that found police searched Black people more often than White people in stops in 2023.
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A photo shows a protester in a green inflatable frog costume on the left, facing law enforcement officers in riot gear at night.
Q&A October 22
The ICE Protest Frogs Have a Long History of ‘Tactical Frivolity’ Behind Them
“That willingness to make yourself ridiculous can be very disarming,” said a professor who has studied — and engaged in — absurd protest methods.
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