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Cleveland
Ohio Is Lifting Old Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines. Here’s What to Know.
St. Louis
St. Louis Jail Is a ‘Potential Powder Keg’
Closing Argument
Fish Tanks, Plants and Podcast Studios — Some States Try a New Approach to Incarceration
News and Awards
April 25
The Marshall Project Named Finalist for 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
The reporting exposed the impact of widespread drug testing on pregnant people.
By
The Marshall Project
News and Awards
April 18
The Marshall Project’s Inside Story Season 2 Nominated for 2025 Peabody Award
The award-winning video series takes viewers into the lives and experiences of people impacted by the criminal justice system.
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The Marshall Project
The Record
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Second Trump administration
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Deportation
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ICE
Immigration Detention
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Life Inside
April 18
How I Became an Opera Composer in a Maximum Security Prison
I learned music theory through workshops at New York’s Sing Sing prison. I earned my stripes by singing for boisterous crowds of incarcerated critics.
By
Joseph Wilson
Cleveland
April 17
All Stick, No Carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Acts as a ‘One-Way Ratchet’ for Prison Time
Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn.
By
Doug Livingston
Closing Argument
April 12
The Bipartisan Push to Rethink Long Sentences for Abuse Survivors
A Georgia bill offers a model for other states looking to protect people who are accused or convicted of crimes stemming from their abuse.
By
Shannon Heffernan
News
April 12
Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director
West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
,
Keri Blakinger
and
Shannon Heffernan
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Judge blocks Trump bid to halt federal funding for sanctuary cities
Trump Challenges Migrants’ Due Process Rights, Undercutting Bedrock Principle
Ed Martin, Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney, Secretly Ghostwrote Online Attacks on Illinois Judge — ProPublica
Senator probes CBP nominee’s alleged interference in migrant’s death
Trump upends DOJ's Civil Rights Division, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks
Alabama executes James Osgood for 2010 rape and murder
Illinois man gets life sentence after admitting to deadly shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade
The New York State Police Are Feeding ICE a Gang…
Uvalde City Council approves financial settlement with families affected by 2022 shooting
Last members of Kennedy Street Crew sentenced to prison
Florida is Ground Zero for Mass Deportations
Deportation to CECOT: Punishment Without Charge or Trial
‘Selective Proceduralism’ Would Suffocate the Constitution
Democrats Need to Make Republicans Fear the Consequences of Attempting a Dictatorship
Opinion
6 People on What It’s Like Being Trans In Prison Under Trump
In North Carolina, a federal agency to consider Trump's election order
El Paso victim’s sister hugs Walmart mass shooter
Why This Startup Airline Is Turning to Deportation Flights
States move to outlaw popular ‘Glock switches’ that make some guns fully automatic • Stateline
Get Involved
April 10
Did Your Family Member Die in Prison or Jail? What Happened Next?
Your insights help inform The Marshall Project’s reporting on what families go through when someone dies in custody.
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The Marshall Project
Cleveland
April 10
How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Keeps People in Prison Longer
It came as a response by lawmakers to a horrific crime. Now, thousands of people imprisoned since 2019 risk more time behind bars for breaking rules.
By
Doug Livingston
Jackson
April 8
Search Mississippi Criminal Justice Bills as They Move Through the Legislature
Use our interactive bill tracker to stay informed on changes to courts, policing, prisons and more.
By
Caleb Bedillion
Closing Argument
April 5
Trump Is Targeting International Students Over Pro-Palestinian Protests. But Is It Legal?
After the administration revoked 300 students’ visas, the courts will have to decide if the Constitution protects the free speech of noncitizens.
By
Jamiles Lartey