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Teen Treatment Center CEO Accused of Unlawful Sexual Contact With Minor in Police Sting
Redemption Songs
The Parchman Band Started in the 1930s. A Modern Version Is Carrying on Tradition.
Closing Argument
Why is Crime Falling? The Answers Aren’t Simple.
Jackson
Mississippi Prison Band Offers a Glimpse of Freedom in a Lifetime of Punishment

The Marshall Project

An illustration shows, clockwise: a hand with medium skin tone and a hand with light skin tone, each holding wedding photos; a Crocs clog with cloth around an improvised heel; a light-skinned woman wearing a floral-print dress while holding someone’s hands; cutouts of people in suits and dresses; and toilet paper, sunflower seeds and rings floating in the background.
Life Inside August 28
At a Texas Prison Where Intimacy Is Banned, Wedding Bells Are Ringing Anyway
Kwaneta Harris takes us inside surprising rituals where couples get hitched, and guests shed tears for the weddings on the outside that they’ve missed.
By Kwaneta Harris
A purple-toned collage features a police badge, surveillance footage, a close-up of an eye, a police officer wearing a body camera and excerpts from Colorado law.
News August 27
Women Learned Their Jail Strip Searches Were Recorded. Their Outrage Changed the Law.
Women who organized to push for a new Colorado law hope it will become a model for other states.
By Candice Norwood, The 19th
Cleveland August 26
The Girls Who Survived
Ohio’s residential treatment centers left them with trauma and questions. The friendships forged inside helped them heal and find answers.
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A photo shows two people’s silhouettes visible through a window of a federal immigrant camp. Their arms are raised. Below the window is barbed wire, and in the foreground is more barbed wire, blurred and close up.
Analysis August 25
Trump’s ICE Has Detained More People Than the Population of Atlanta
Unlike prior administrations, in Trump’s second term, ICE is aggressively arresting people far from the border and detaining them longer.
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Inside Story August 25
The Youth ‘Treatment’ Centers Kids Risk Their Lives to Escape
Thousands of kids enter residential facilities promised care. Instead, many face systemic abuse, and some risk everything to break free.
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A collage shows images of clippings of legal documents, officers holding a shield in front of a cell door, a silhouette of a person, a logo of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, a mural and two officers holding a person who is handcuffed.
St. Louis August 24
Nowhere Else to Go: One Man’s Perilous Journey in Jail to Understand Charges Against Him
A man’s time in a Missouri jail is a cautionary tale about the dangers of an overwhelmed system where vulnerable defendants and jailers await help.
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Redemption Songs August 23
Two 17-Year-Olds in Custody Wrote a Love Song in an Arts Program. One Didn’t Survive.
The Radical Reversal program opens recording studios in youth correctional facilities. The work doesn’t come without heartbreak.
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A photo shows a woman holding her child's hand as she walks down a hallway. On the right, ICE masked agents are standing against the wall.
Closing Argument August 22
How Trump and ICE’s Latest Tactics Target Immigrant Children
Officials claim to target the “worst of the worst.” But several agencies are now focusing on tracking and detaining children.
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An illustration shows an overhead view of a crowd of incarcerated people wearing plain shirts and striped pants. The people are standing with their arms behind their backs while one person, shown with a faded outline, lies on the floor. Between the people are faded blue outlines of other incarcerated people over orange circles.
News and Awards August 19
The Marshall Project Wins NABJ Salute to Excellence Award
A yearlong investigation into homicides in Mississippi prisons exposed dozens of unpunished killings and prompted calls for greater oversight.
By The Marshall Project
A magazine called News Inside set against a grainy gray backdrop. Light refracted through prison bars shines onto the magazine.
News Inside August 19
Bodies of Evidence
Lyrics, medical records and menopause — News Inside Issue 23 looks at what gets used against us, and what gets ignored.
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