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Closing Argument
There’s a Lot to Learn About Crime. Trump’s Orders Are Making It Harder to Get Answers.
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When Prison Nurses Must Choose Between Loyalty to Abusive Guards and Devotion to Patients
Feature
In Some New York Prisons, Infirmaries Are Dens of Hidden Violence
Liz Simons
News and Awards May 7
The Marshall Project Announces $1M Challenge Grant From Board Chair Liz Simons to Support Criminal Justice Journalism
The need for trusted, fact-based reporting has never been more urgent.
By The Marshall Project
News and Awards May 5
The Marshall Project Is a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
Joe Sexton’s sweeping narrative ‘The Hardest Case for Mercy’ explored the efforts to spare the life of the Parkland school shooter.
By The Marshall Project
Susan Horton, a White woman wearing a black tank top and black pants, poses for a portrait inside a greenhouse.
News and Awards May 2
The Marshall Project Wins National Health Care Journalism Award for Excellence in Audio Reporting
The reporting exposed the impact of widespread drug testing on pregnant people.
By The Marshall Project
In a photo collage in tones of yellow and black and white, from left, The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) seal; two members of the St. Louis Police Department Crime Lab walking with their backs to the camera; DNA testing strips and a person using a microscope; dollar bills being cut with scissors; two members of the SLMPD overlaid on a chart that shows that in 2011, there were 921 officers and in 2024, there were 650 officers; Additional text says “Homicide numbers spiked as police staffing dropped.”
News and Awards April 30
The Marshall Project Wins Two National Headliner Awards for Excellence in Journalism
The honor is for outstanding work in investigative and digital journalism.
By The Marshall Project
A police officer’s head and shoulders are silhouetted against a blue and purple background.
Analysis April 29
Trump’s New Order on Policing Seems Sweeping. But What Will It Really Change?
The president’s directive may please some law enforcement officials, but some experts say certain provisions are redundant and ignore how police agencies really work.
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A collage with ripped paper-style cutouts of silhouettes of police officers in orange and green over a black-and-white background photo of two police officers standing next to each other.
News April 28
Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Raises Concerns Among Black Officers in Local Police Departments
DEI professionals and officers of color fear that a Trump-led backlash will erase the diversity gains made after the George Floyd protests.
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The CoreCivic corporate headquarters in Brentwood, Tennessee, in 2023. The private prison operator is proposing to run an immigration detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Closing Argument April 26
Not In Our Backyard: Some Pro-Trump Towns Push Against Detention Centers
Opposition to an immigration detention center in Leavenworth, Kansas, illustrates a tension playing out across the country.
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Susan Horton, a White woman wearing a black tank top, arranges her children’s toys on top of a table.
News and Awards April 25
The Marshall Project Named Finalist for 2025 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
The reporting exposed the impact of widespread drug testing on pregnant people.
By The Marshall Project
In an illustration, the word “suspended” is stamped in red over a Black man’s Ohio driver’s license.
Cleveland April 22
Ohio Is Lifting Old Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Fines. Here’s What to Know.
The state will automatically cancel certain suspensions. Letters will be mailed to eligible drivers, sharing steps for getting licenses back.
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A photo collage displays a jail, a brick building surrounded by wire fences, men in jail uniforms holding a burning fabric by a broken window, a demolition excavator, a badge that reads “City of St. Louis Division of Corrections” and a text clipping.
St. Louis April 21
St. Louis Jail Is a ‘Potential Powder Keg’
A facility built for progress reflects ‘decades of neglect’ and the city’s deepest struggles, from mental illness to systemic dysfunction.
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