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Life Inside
I Found My Faith Community in Prison. Then My Facility Closed.
Rashon Venable spent three productive years at New York’s Sullivan Correctional Facility. A surprise shutdown sent the Muslim poet and writer into a tailspin.
Life Inside
November 8
Life Inside, Remixed: A Criminal Justice Reformer Takes on ‘Conveyor Belt Justice’
Carol Shapiro joined the New York parole board to make change. Marathon days, copious paperwork and dysfunctional hearings brought her to tears.
By
The Marshall Project
Life Inside
October 25
Life Inside, Remixed: Inside the Underground Economy of Solitary Confinement
Here’s how people in “the box” use their ingenuity, collaboration skills and a form of “fishing” to get the goods they need.
By
The Marshall Project
Closing Argument
October 5
Drug Testing of Pregnant Patients Is Discriminatory, Lawsuit Claims
The Marshall Project recently investigated how faulty drug tests at hospitals lead to pregnant women being reported to authorities and at times separated from their children.
By
Shoshana Walter
Feature
September 9
She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.
Hospitals use drug tests that return false positives from poppy seed bagels, decongestants and Zantac. Yet newborns are being taken from parents based on the results.
By
Shoshana Walter
Analysis
August 28
5 Things to Know About How Survivors Get Incarcerated for Their Abusers’ Crimes
Little-known laws allow people to be punished for crimes they didn’t directly commit. Survivors of domestic violence are especially vulnerable.
By
Shannon Heffernan
Election 2024
August 1
Facing Rollbacks, Criminal Justice Reformers Argue Policies Make People Safer
Advocates are refining their rebuttal to “tough on crime” messaging: Don’t focus on punishment, but on reforms that improve public safety.
By
Shannon Heffernan
Life Inside
July 19
Love Beyond Bars: Jules and Samantha
Jules and Samantha Werkheiser fought their wrongful convictions for over a decade. Here’s their journey of survival — and motherhood — in pictures.
Photographs by
Camille Farrah Lenain
As-told-to by
Carla Canning
Life Inside
May 10
A Rare Bright Spot for a Canine Lover Doing Time: Raising Puppies to Become Service Dogs
Adam Roberts reflects on the highs and occasional lows of training Labrador retrievers for the Puppies Behind Bars program.
By
Adam Roberts
Closing Argument
May 4
Weinstein Ruling Poses Quandary: Can #MeToo Coexist With Protections for Defendants?
Proving sex crimes often requires evidence that is generally excluded to protect the rights of the accused.
By
Susan Chira