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Election 2024 October 17
‘Trump Remains Very Popular Here’: We Surveyed 54,000 People Behind Bars About the Election
Support for the former president is strong inside prisons and jails — even as his party tries to roll back voting rights for people with felony convictions.
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Election 2024 October 17
What People Behind Bars Really Think About the ‘Cop vs. Felon’ Election
People in prisons and jails weigh in on Harris’ qualifications for president, Trump’s potential sentence and more.
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A middle-aged White man with brown hair and a beard, wearing a blue suit with a red tie, sits in front of a microphone at the end of a curved, wooden table.
Election 2024 July 17
What We Know About J.D. Vance’s Legislative Action on Criminal Justice
On immigration and more, Vance has defended and legislated former President Donald Trump’s policy goals.
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Election 2020 March 12, 2020
Trump’s Surprising Popularity in Prison
Many incarcerated white people said they’d re-elect the president—if given the chance.
By and Christina Cauterucci with data analysis by
The site in Letcher County, Ky., intended for a new maximum security federal prison was flattened by surface mining.
News November 7, 2017
A Timely Prison Project? Or a G.O.P. Congressman’s Boondoggle?
Even the Trump administration casts doubt on the $444-million plan.
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Perry at her gun shop in Boise, Idaho
Feature September 24, 2017
How Conservatives Learned to Love Free Lawyers for the Poor
By reframing the issue around the evils of big government, Republicans are notching victories that have eluded more liberal legislatures.
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An inmate operates a machine in a tool shop as part of the Vocational Village program at the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia, Mich.
Commentary January 17, 2017
Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 1
Focus on intent, tailor the punishment to the crime, prepare prisoners for life after incarceration.
Pat Nolan
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a fiery speech at the first night of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Analysis July 19, 2016
Rhetoric and Reality at the RNC
Does America need to be made safe again? We fact-checked a handful of last night’s claims.
By The Marshall Project
Analysis February 12, 2016
Justice Reform, RIP?
The vaunted bipartisan drive to enact federal criminal justice reform is not quite dead. But its pulse is faint.
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Feature January 14, 2016
Republican Candidates on Criminal Justice: A Primer
Their sixth debate is in Charleston, a city still recovering from last year’s church killings.
By The Marshall Project
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