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A photo collage of an illustrated black dog against a green backdrop is at the top left, an illustration of a yellow silhouette of a person walking on barbed wire with the word "violation" below the figure is at the top center, a photo of a magazine cover with a prison facility on the cover is on the top right. Beneath the top row, a photo of a mom and her three children playing in their living room appears on the left, and six different people's faces are in a collage on the right. A collage with the words "Inside Story" is on the bottom right, and a collage of cut out words such as "Criminal" "Con" "Felon" "Convict" "Offender" is on the bottom left.
Analysis November 15
10 Stories That Defined The Marshall Project’s First 10 Years
For a decade, our journalism has driven change and delivered information to millions, including people behind bars. We’re just getting started.
By The Marshall Project
News and Awards August 17, 2023
The Marshall Project Wins National Murrow Award for Investigation of Cleveland Court System
The Marshall Project won the Excellence in Innovation Award for its “Testify” series, produced with WOVU radio and Cleveland Documenters.
By The Marshall Project
News and Awards October 6, 2021
The Marshall Project Expands, Adding to Audience Development and Product
Heather Ciras will focus on growth of the organization’s readership; Ryan Murphy joins as a developer
By The Marshall Project
The Language Project April 13, 2021
How I Convinced My Incarcerated Peers to Make Language a Priority
Rahsaan Thomas, an imprisoned journalist, has long fought to change the way outside media describe people in prison. One of his toughest crowds? His fellow reporters.
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The Language Project April 12, 2021
The Language Project
Rethinking the words journalists use to talk about people who are currently or previously incarcerated.
By The Marshall Project
The Language Project April 12, 2021
What Words We Use — and Avoid — When Covering People and Incarceration
Journalism is a discipline of clarity. That’s why we’ve solidified our policy about how we talk about people who are currently in or have previously been in prison and jail.
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A meeting of the Louisiana Crime Victims Reparations Board in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in May.
Investigate Your State September 13, 2018
How to Investigate Victim Compensation in Your State
A guide for stealing our work.
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Photos from some of The Marshall Project’s best stories of the year.
Commentary December 18, 2017
Some of Our Best Work in 2017
Spend your holiday break with great journalism.
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Reporters surround an Orange County Sheriff during a press conference about three men who escaped the Central Men’s Jail in January 2016.
Commentary April 3, 2017
What I Learned About Justice Reporting From Inside Prison
A former prison journalist on what’s missing from criminal justice coverage.
Kerry Myers
On the way to solitary confinement in the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.
Commentary April 18, 2016
Some of Our Best Work of the Past Year
From David Simon's Baltimore anguish to elite police fraternities to teens behind bars.
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