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When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk

The Marshall Project examined reports of scarce food and water and interrupted access to medical care during a day-long power outage in Mississippi.

News • 01.30.2026

Echoes of Isolation

A 2013 prison hunger strike in California led to a dramatic decline in the use of solitary confinement. More than a decade later, people impacted by solitary reflect on the toll of separation.

Feature • 01.28.2026

Amid ‘Catastrophic’ Shortage, Psychologists Flee Federal Prisons in Droves

With fewer and fewer employees to run the prisons, psychologists were repeatedly forced to act as guards.

News • 01.26.2026

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