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The Marshall Projectby Lawrence Bartley19 Aug 2026
This month marks the fifth anniversary of our people-powered advice column “Reader to Reader,” a regular feature in News Inside and the brainchild of my former colleague, Ariel Goodman.
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran18 Aug 2026
Editor's Note: Hours after this story published, U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee made public her order appointing an independent monitor to oversee conditions for children in immigration detention...
The Marshall Projectby Tammy Galarza18 Aug 2026
“Sending Kites” is a monthly column from The Marshall Project that explores challenges faced by people with incarcerated loved ones and by people in jails and prisons. Check our previous columns.
The Marshall Projectby The Marshall Project17 Aug 2026
The Marshall Project and St. Louis Public Radio have received a 2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation for their collaborative project “Remember Me,” a community art...
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah16 Aug 2026
In the Early ’90s, the Lifers Group Tried to Warn Kids About the Perils of Prison This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated...
The Marshall Projectby Geoff Hing15 Aug 2026
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters.
The Marshall Projectby Ivy Scott14 Aug 2026
Technology analyst CJ Jones was inspired to learn to code after years talking on the phone with his father, Charles Jones Sr., who is currently incarcerated in Missouri state prison.
The Marshall Projectby Ivy Scott13 Aug 2026
The Marshall Project has been investigating the effects of extreme heat on prisons and jails for nearly a decade.
The Marshall Projectby Shannon Heffernan11 Aug 2026
The Joliet Treatment Center is a prison in Illinois with a mission to provide mental healthcare to people with serious needs.
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah9 Aug 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists.
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey8 Aug 2026
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters.
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey6 Aug 2026
For Lynn Novick, photographs offer a window into the past that the written record cannot quite replicate.
The Marshall Projectby Shannon Heffernan4 Aug 2026
Illinois lawmakers are calling for changes at the Joliet Treatment Center, after a Marshall Project, Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ investigation exposed an epidemic of fires that resulted in two...
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah2 Aug 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists.
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey1 Aug 2026
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters.
The Marshall Projectby Aala Abdullahi31 Jul 2026
In March, in a bombshell ruling, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down mandatory life in prison without parole for a second-degree murder charge also known as felony murder.
The Marshall Projectby Ilica Mahajan30 Jul 2026
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO – Paitin Pahoundis jolted awake, a siren blaring in her ears. Her friend Samantha Primeau was in her room. It was time. The other girls, Samantha told her, were gone.
The Marshall Projectby Michelle Billman30 Jul 2026
Jaycee Seele wanted proof she wasn’t making it all up. She wanted to know exactly how many times the adults at the residential treatment facility, where she lived for several months, had pinned her...
The Marshall Projectby Katie Moore29 Jul 2026
For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri’s death row. He’s watched a steady stream of his friends get marched off to their executions — and he’s waiting for his own...
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran26 Jul 2026
This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists. Sign up now to get a new song each Sunday afternoon until September.
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