themarshallproject.orgadded August 2026
The Marshall Projectby Brittany Hailer22d ago
Understanding what goes on inside youth residential treatment facilities is complicated by the number of state and local agencies charged with oversight.
The Marshall Projectby Michelle Billman22d ago
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 Moore23d ago
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 Villagran26d ago
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.
The Marshall Projectby Jamiles Lartey27d ago
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 Shannon Heffernan28d ago
Around 10 p.m., a haze of gray smoke wafted down a hallway lined with prison cells at the Joliet Treatment Center. The window of cell A9 began to glow red as the fire within grew.
The Marshall Projectby Joey Heilman28d ago
In 2004, when I was 16 years old, I spent 78 days in Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center. Twenty-two years later, I am still reeling from the effects, most often in the form of violent...
The Marshall Projectby Rebecca McCray22 Jul 2026
Had this guide existed during my years of confusion, suffering and self-doubt, my experience with menopause would have been far more legible to me.
The Marshall Projectby Ivy Scott21 Jul 2026
Dozens of people — perhaps many more — have been held in Mississippi’s Hinds County jail for months without criminal charges from a district attorney.
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah19 Jul 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 Lartey18 Jul 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 Jill Castellano16 Jul 2026
The state of New Jersey has adopted a slate of reforms changing how hospitals handle allegations of substance use in pregnancy, becoming one of the first in the nation to require healthcare...
The Marshall Projectby Shoshana Walter16 Jul 2026
The mothers of Black newborns are more likely than those of White newborns to be referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy, according to The Marshall Project’s...
The Marshall Projectby Lauren Villagran15 Jul 2026
The shooting deaths of two immigrants at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the past week have brought the Trump administration’s violent crackdown into sharp relief once...
The Marshall Projectby Mark Puente14 Jul 2026
Correctional staff failed to start CPR the moment they discovered Jennifer Wade lifeless in her Cuyahoga County jail cell last year, state inspectors concluded in a review of the 41-year-old...
The Marshall Projectby Tammy Galarza14 Jul 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 Christie Thompson14 Jul 2026
For people held in federal prisons and who have a complaint about conditions, obtaining relief is nearly impossible, a new investigation by The Marshall Project and NPR found.
The Marshall Projectby Joseph Shapiro13 Jul 2026
This much is undisputed: On Nov. 2, 2023, a guard and a prisoner at a federal penitentiary in California got into it over a straw sunhat that the officer had confiscated.
The Marshall Projectby Maurice Chammah12 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.
The Marshall Projectby Shoshana Walter11 Jul 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.
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