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Ohio Is Lifting Old Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines. Here’s What to Know.
St. Louis
St. Louis Jail Is a ‘Potential Powder Keg’
Closing Argument
Fish Tanks, Plants and Podcast Studios — Some States Try a New Approach to Incarceration
A logo reading "Peabody Nominee" with the silhouette of a person's head above it is on the left side of the image, and a logo reading "Inside Story" is on the right.
News and Awards April 18
The Marshall Project’s Inside Story Season 2 Nominated for 2025 Peabody Award
The award-winning video series takes viewers into the lives and experiences of people impacted by the criminal justice system.
By The Marshall Project
A Black man wearing a green shirt and pants against a blue background sits with a notebook in his hand. Behind him, from left to right, a man in orange wears blue headphones covers his face, a woman with blonde hair sings, and a person in olive green plays the violin. There is also a gray Walkman with orange headphones on the left and an orange keyboard on the right.
Life Inside April 18
How I Became an Opera Composer in a Maximum Security Prison
I learned music theory through workshops at New York’s Sing Sing prison. I earned my stripes by singing for boisterous crowds of incarcerated critics.
By Joseph Wilson
An illustration shows a silhouette of a man with his hands up in frustration as he looks at a woman on a laptop screen. The background is a large representation, blurred with color, of the same woman, who is White with shoulder-length gray hair.
Cleveland April 17
All Stick, No Carrot: Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Acts as a ‘One-Way Ratchet’ for Prison Time
Intended to curb prison violence with promises of early release, the law is turning out as unbalanced as critics feared, with sentences extended at every turn.
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Closing Argument April 12
The Bipartisan Push to Rethink Long Sentences for Abuse Survivors
A Georgia bill offers a model for other states looking to protect people who are accused or convicted of crimes stemming from their abuse.
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Marshall, a man with light-toned skin, wears a blue suit jacket and glasses as he stands behind a podium. On person stands behind him and three are sitting.
News April 12
Who Is Billy Marshall? What to Know About Trump’s New Bureau of Prisons Director
West Virginia’s top corrections official led a troubled state agency, and will now head a federal bureaucracy plagued with problems of its own.
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Get Involved April 10
Did Your Family Member Die in Prison or Jail? What Happened Next?
Your insights help inform The Marshall Project’s reporting on what families go through when someone dies in custody.
By The Marshall Project
An illustration shows a man with medium skin tone and black hair wearing a blue prison uniform in four scenarios. Clockwise from the top left: The man raises his fists in front of a White man in a prison uniform who is yelling and pointing at him; the man sits on his bed with his head down, looking at a piece of paper; the man sits at a table in front of a woman with a ponytail and medium-dark skin tone; the man stands in an office in front of a laptop, where a woman on a screen is speaking to him. There are four quotes around the figures that read: “It’s a dangerous place here. It got to the point where I had to defend myself.” - Giovanni Lee, “Long story short, they never investigated what happened. They just found me guilty.” - Lamont Clark, “You all had my fate sealed before I even got in the room.” - Edward Navone, and “I’m about to go home. They ended up maxing me out, giving me my whole time.’”- Giovanni Lee
Cleveland April 10
How Ohio’s Reagan Tokes Law Keeps People in Prison Longer
It came as a response by lawmakers to a horrific crime. Now, thousands of people imprisoned since 2019 risk more time behind bars for breaking rules.
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Jackson April 8
Search Mississippi Criminal Justice Bills as They Move Through the Legislature
Use our interactive bill tracker to stay informed on changes to courts, policing, prisons and more.
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Boston University police officers conferred while students protested outside of the office of the dean of students on April 3, demanding that the university pledge to protect students from the federal government regardless of their immigration status.
Closing Argument April 5
Trump Is Targeting International Students Over Pro-Palestinian Protests. But Is It Legal?
After the administration revoked 300 students’ visas, the courts will have to decide if the Constitution protects the free speech of noncitizens.
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An illustration shows a bearded White man in a graduation cap, holding up a rolled-up diploma in his left hand. Drawn over his graduation robe are four sections: From left to right, they show a judge’s gavel, a crying man holding prison bars, a hand throwing a red soda can into a wastebasket, and a man reading a book while a butterfly flies nearby.
Life Inside April 4
I Changed My Violent Prison Life in the Most Random Way: I Quit Drinking Soda
This simple act of self-denial forced me to admit that a major source of my life’s problems was my lack of self-discipline.
By Eric Williams
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