The United States is one of the few developed countries in the world that allow men to guard women and women to guard men in prison living quarters. And over the decades states have created a ...

New York’s prison system has failed to fire nearly all corrections officers it accused of attacking people in their custody. And guards often work in groups to cover-up assaults by lying to ...

Shattered teeth. Punctured lungs. Broken bones. Over a dozen years, New York State officials have documented the results of attacks by hundreds of prison guards on the people in their custody. But ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "compensation for Jan. 6 rioters," curated by The Marshall Project.

Katrice Hardy, a seasoned media executive who has led major news organizations in Texas, Indiana and South Carolina, has been named chief executive officer of The Marshall Project, the Pulitzer ...

November’s election — the first to feature a prominent candidate with a slew of felony convictions — comes at an inflection point in the voting rights landscape for the formerly incarcerated. Roughly ...

On Wednesday, Jan. 15, the family of Robert Brooks filed a lawsuit against the officers and some state officials that included numerous photos detailing his assault. This is The Marshall Project’s ...

Deaths that occur either when a person is in the custody of law enforcement or housed in a correctional facility are largely underreported. That’s because reporting requirements are not enforced ...

A U.S. passport used to be enough to visit the U.K. Now you need an authorization that bars most formerly incarcerated ...

ICE’s operations contrast with local and state law enforcement. When police make an arrest, that person’s identity, criminal ...

A Marshall Project/St. Louis Public Radio analysis shows the top causes of death at the jail are untreated medical conditions ...

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? Subscribe to future newsletters. Los Angeles County ...