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Analysis
Galvanized by Trump, These States Are Passing Harsh New Laws Against Immigrants
News
They’re Facing Deportation with Severe Mental Illness — And Now Without a Lawyer
Cleveland
What Happens When Someone Dies Inside One of America’s Worst Jails?
St. Louis
July 22
Immigrant Family Hides for Their Lives in St. Louis as ICE Crackdown Intensifies
They say returning to Guatemala isn’t an option — even if they are forced to.
By
Jesse Bogan
Closing Argument
July 19
Why Closing Prisons — Even Bad Ones — Is Complicated
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.
By
Jamiles Lartey
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Justice
Immigration Detention
ICE
Immigration
Jeffrey Epstein
Sex Trafficking
Jackson
July 18
Indicted Mississippi Prosecutor’s Latest Campaign Finance Report Rife With Errors
Amid federal corruption charges, the campaign finance report from Jody Owens features bad math, with thousands of dollars unaccounted for.
By
Caleb Bedillion
, The Marshall Project, and
Anna Wolfe
, Mississippi Today
Life Inside
July 18
I Was Proud of My Gift of Gab. Then I Took a Communications Class Led by Fellow Prisoners.
After 16 years in Michigan lockups, award-winning poet and writer Demetrius Buckley had to relearn how to be an active listener.
By
Demetrius Buckley
Investigate This
July 18
Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have
Use these tips from investigative reporter Alysia Santo to map out the systems you must unlock to get the documents you need.
By
Alysia Santo
Looking Back
July 17
The First Trans Prisoner Who Took Her Case All the Way to the Supreme Court
From her prison cell, Dee Farmer drafted the lawsuit that became one of the most cited cases of all time, Farmer v. Brennan.
By
Beth Schwartzapfel
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Violent crime continues to drop across US cities, report shows • Stateline
Trump pushes forcible hospitalization of homeless people with order
DOJ's meeting with longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell happened after Maxwell initiated contact: Sources
ICE arrests Maryland pastor, father of 3 with no criminal record
‘It is hell’: Migrants returning to Venezuela describe life in El Salvador prison where U.S. sent them
Evidence in Her Brutal 1979 Rape Pointed to the Golden State Killer. The Police Didn’t Want to Hear About It. – Mother Jones
Tampa federal prosecutor fired by Pam Bondi to sue over dismissal
Interrogating a cold-case killer: “Honey, your DNA was in the crime scene”
Ex-corrections official alleges widespread medical neglect and mismanagement in Mississippi’s prison system
For Some, It’s Now Easier to Get Clemency in New Jersey
Byron Black to be Executed Despite Intellectual Disabilities
Tortured Logic
Immigration: This ICE technique is awfully familiar—and has ended in disaster before.
Mass Deportation: Analyzing the Trump Administration's Attacks on Immigrants, Democracy, and America
The Situation: The Lies of Tulsi Gabbard
US Justice Dept civil rights unit faces mass exodus
Cook County state’s attorney stops maintaining lists of discredited cops
Maryland Launched a Data Dashboard to Prevent Gun Violence
Thomas Durkin dies at 78; Chicago lawyer ensured the rights of 'the most demonized among us'
American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison
Feature
July 15
Arrested, Shackled and Deported from Florida — Despite a Federal Court Order
A man was convicted and deported to Mexico, and at least 26 other people have been arrested under a Florida immigration law that officials were ordered not to enforce.
By
Shoshana Walter
,
Jill Castellano
and
Daphne Duret
Feature
July 14
Dozens of Teens Who Spent Time at Abusive Florida Reform School Ended Up on Death Row
At least 34 boys from the Dozier School were later sentenced to death. Did abuse make them more violent?
By
Leonora Lapeter Anton
Closing Argument
July 12
How the “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Change Criminal Justice and Immigration
The new law aims to shift much of the nation’s law enforcement toward immigration — and could reduce efforts to prevent violent crime.
By
Jamiles Lartey
News
July 11
Shackled For Days and Weeks: A Federal Report Finds Widespread Abuse in Prisons
The report, by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, comes after an investigative series by The Marshall Project and NPR exposed similar abuses.
By
Joseph Shapiro
, NPR