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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Analysis
We Spent a Year Covering Deaths Behind Bars. Here’s What We Learned.
Analysis
Some of Our Best Work of 2025
St. Louis
The St. Louis Jails Are Running Out of Officers
An illustration shows three people on patient beds inside a dark room, with the orange sky visible through the window. On the right side, there are dark silhouettes of dialysis machines and tubes with puddles of water on the floor.
Feature December 16
Women Are Sent to This Federal Prison for Dialysis. They Say It’s Killing Them.
Patients at Carswell medical prison in Texas describe unsanitary conditions, missed treatments and substandard care.
By Kaley Johnson
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Get Involved December 16
What’s It Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison? We Want to Know
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
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A photo shows Luigi Mangione sitting at a courtroom table, wearing a gray blazer and red-checkered shirt, leaning to his right and engaging in conversation with an attorney out of the frame. Behind him are two court officers dressed in navy blue uniforms, with a pair of shiny handcuffs attached to the officers’ waists.
Death Sentences December 15
How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
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Analysis December 15
Some of the Ways We Brought the Criminal Justice System to Life Through Visuals in 2025
Through evocative illustrations and photography, we tackled themes of deplorable prison conditions, healing after gun violence and deaths in custody.
By The Marshall Project Visuals Team
A person wearing a blue medical gown is holding a breathing tube while lying on a hospital bed. A handcuff is locked onto a bar of the bed.
Closing Argument December 13
What’s So Scary About Treatable Conditions Behind Bars?
Medicines, procedures, and specialists can be scarce in prison, or people don’t get them until it’s too late.
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Get Involved December 12
It’s Hard to Grieve in Prison. This Guide Can Help
From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.
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An illustration shows a person in an orange prison uniform falling into a tall stack of teal colored papers. Several stacks of teal colored papers with headshots on them are in the background.
Investigate This December 12
Missouri Journalists: How to Access the State Prison System’s Comprehensive Death Data
The Missouri Department of Corrections generated its first report with every prison death in its system. Here’s how to use it.
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A smiling woman with light-toned skin and medium-length dark brown hair sits in front of some white and pale green pillows.
Cleveland December 10
How a Public Record Cost Cuyahoga County Taxpayers $650,000
A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project - Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.
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A collage shows images of clippings of a court case, a prison facility and a nurse with a stethoscope writing on a clipboard.
St. Louis December 8
Nurses Say Staff Shortage at Missouri Prison Means Skipped Medication, Long Waits for Care
Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state’s contractor, Centurion Health.
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Four images of food trays show several compartments with what looks like mashed potatoes, biscuits, scrambled eggs, gravy and discolored ham.
Closing Argument December 6
Starve and Charge: Aramark Cut Free Prison Meals to Boost Profits, New Suit Claims
A lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food from the same vendor.
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