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Closing Argument
As Trump Abandons Police Reforms, These Local Officials Vow to Press On
Life Inside
Love Beyond Bars: Larry and Gloria
News
Is Trump’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Prisoners Unconstitutional?
An illustration shows a grid of different jail cells with small or narrow windows, or no windows at all.
Analysis May 21
The Unbearable Darkness of Jail
Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.
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Two detainees in blue uniforms, whose faces are not showing in the photograph, sit in privacy booths talking to their attorneys or asylum officers.
News May 19
They’re Facing Deportation with Severe Mental Illness — And Now Without a Lawyer
The Trump administration recently ended a legal aid program, leaving immigrants who have mental health disorders on their own.
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A Black SUV with the words “Sheriff Ozark County” on the driver’s door is parked in front of a gray brick building with a sign that reads “Ozark County Law Enforcement Center.”
St. Louis May 19
Rural Missouri Jails See Windfall in Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort
As cash-strapped jails rush in for ICE contracts, one man’s death shows the complexity and risk of detaining immigrants.
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A photograph shows a crowd of police officers, wearing riot gear and holding batons, standing in formation in the middle of a street.
Closing Argument May 17
Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Police Reforms Are Being Rolled Back
As reforms stall in some states, the U.S. Supreme Court just made it easier for police to be sued — and perhaps easier for police to defend themselves.
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An illustration shows, clockwise from bottom left: a person's feet representing someone arriving to court; a view of the exterior of a municipal court; the Cuyahoga County Court; a person going through a revolving door; elevator buttons; and a judge looking at a stack of papers. Two pieces of paper float throughout the illustration.
News and Awards May 16
The Marshall Project Honored in 10 Categories by the Society for News Design
The competition honors the best in visual journalism and design in the world.
By The Marshall Project
A woman with long, wavy red hair, wearing a baseball cap and whose face is not visible, sits at a table looking out a window with blue curtains.
Cleveland May 16
Ohio Lawmaker Wants to Require Jails to Report Pregnancy Outcomes
The Cleveland Democrat says “all babies should count,” — regardless of whether their mother is behind bars — to ensure access to healthcare for pregnant women.
By , The Marshall Project, and Scott Noll, News 5 Cleveland
A woman with long, wavy red hair, whose face is not visible, looks out a window with blue curtains. Behind her is a tall vase with green leaves in it. A stack of diapers is on a chair.
Cleveland May 15
Uncounted: Ohio’s Failure to Track Lost Pregnancies in Jails Spurs Questions Over Care
One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an “egregious performance failure” by medical staff.
By , The Marshall Project, and Scott Noll, News 5 Cleveland
An orange illustration shows a bird’s-eye view of a person in a prison uniform sitting on the edge of a bed, leaning their head on their hands, covered in beads of sweat. The wall is wavy as if from heat and there are cockroaches on the floor.
St. Louis May 14
These Missouri Prisons Get ‘Brutally Hot.’ In Solitary, It’s Even Worse.
A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening conditions for those in solitary confinement.
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A black-and-white photograph shows two White men in suits looking out a shattered window, while a Black man in a T-shirt gestures downward. The parts of the building around the window are covered in bullet holes.
Jackson May 14
DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk
The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency enforcing it is in disarray.
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A Black man in a navy suit and blue tie walks up the steps outside of a courthouse, next to a Black man with a TV news microphone, in front of a White man wearing a blue suit and holding a leather briefcase.
Jackson May 12
In Mississippi’s Capital City, Indicted District Attorney Flouts Campaign Disclosure Laws
While he fights federal bribery charges, Jody Owens faces sanctions for not disclosing campaign funds and spending. Weak laws confuse enforcement.
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