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Life Inside
How Attica’s Violence Taught Me to Practice Peace
Analysis
How Trump’s Relationship With Cops Got Thorny, From Jan. 6 Pardons to Budget Cuts
Feature
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Government Know How Many People Die in Custody?
Feature
August 7
How We Analyzed the Justice Department’s Death in Custody Data
A rare look into data collected under the Death in Custody Reporting Act revealed serious problems.
By
Aaron Sankin
and
Ilica Mahajan
Get Involved
August 6
After a Death Behind Bars, Families Struggle for Answers. This Guide Can Help.
Learn what questions to ask prison or jail officials, how to request key records and what to consider if you’re thinking about legal action.
By
Aala Abdullahi
The Record
The
most popular topics
in criminal justice today
Second Trump administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration Detention
Department of Justice
Immigration
ICE
Florida
Department of Homeland Security
Feature
August 6
Who Answers for a Death in Custody?
A Houston mother is one of many nationwide left with grief and unanswered questions when a loved one dies behind bars.
By
Anna Flagg
,
Ilica Mahajan
and
Aaron Sankin
Feature
August 5
Unsolved, Not Forgotten: How Six Parents Remember the Children They Lost to Violence
These families have yet to see justice in the deaths of their loved ones. Amid the grief, they are fighting to keep their memories from fading.
By
Ivy Scott
Feature
August 5
How Do You Grieve the Victim of an Unsolved Homicide? Ask the People Who’ve Been Through It.
In this guide, families who have lost someone to violence in St. Louis share what did – and did not – help them rebuild their lives after a tragic loss.
By
Ivy Scott
Feature
August 5
What You Need to Know About Homicide Investigations
In St. Louis, people whose loved ones were killed said they didn’t know what to expect from the police. This guide explains the process.
By
Ivy Scott
Opening Statement
Links from
this mornings’s email
Former Jan. 6 defendant who called cops 'Nazis' gets DOJ job : NPR
Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families
'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention camp in Florida must temporarily halt construction, judge rules
FBI to probe and help locate Texas Democrats, Cornyn says
A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for
More tribal recruits moving though law enforcement academy in Pierre
Trump may be off the hook for his 2020 election plot, but his allies aren’t
Why Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to a minimum-security prison camp stinks
The Situation: A Ghost Grand Jury and a Ponzi Scheme
It’s Time to Designate The Base as an FTO
Opinion
What Is Evil?
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
It Was a Promising Addiction Treatment. Many Patients Never Got It.
The Unanswered Death of Marcus Freiberger
For prisoners, technology access key to survival on outside
Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year…
Feature
August 5
We Asked Families of Homicide Victims What They Want From the Police. Here’s What They Said.
For those whose loved ones were killed in St. Louis the investigative process could be improved with empathy, better communication, and frequent updates.
By
Ivy Scott
Cleveland
August 4
Cuyahoga Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze Should Be Suspended for Two Years, Board Recommends
The case now heads to the Ohio Supreme Court. An FBI probe still looms over Celebrezze and Mark Dottore, after Marshall Project - Cleveland reporting.
By
Mark Puente
Investigate This
August 4
Journalists: How to Investigate Dangerous Heat in Prisons
Exposing the risks posed by heat behind bars requires coverage at the intersection of public health, climate change and criminal justice.
By
The Marshall Project
News Inside
August 4
Confined Trials
News Inside Issue 20 documents survival and resilience under extreme conditions.
By
Lawrence Bartley