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Families Seek Answers, Solace as St. Louis Police Struggle to Solve Killings

We investigate the impact of the St. Louis police’s failure to solve murders, and rapper G. Dep talks about healing after turning himself in.

Inside Story travels to St. Louis to investigate the failure of the city’s police to solve murders and hear from families who lost loved ones to the violence as they search for answers.

In an exclusive interview after his release from prison, rapper Trevell “G. Dep” Coleman sits down with host Lawrence Bartley to discuss the peace he gained after turning himself in for shooting a man - and how his music took center stage at his parole hearing.

We learn why censoring books in prisons is being characterized as a ban on information.

And in the closing message, Bartley takes a moment to talk about the challenges of speaking to both an audience on the inside — and the outside.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Dave Mayers, Belle Cushing, Alysia Santo, Rachel Lippmann, Dave Mann, Rochelle Widdowson, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Kiki Dunston, James Hamilton, Arielle Ray

REPORTING PARTNER(S)

St. Louis Public Radio and APM Reports

Lawrence Bartley Twitter Email is the publisher of The Marshall Project Inside, the organization’s publications intended specifically for incarcerated audiences. He is an accomplished public speaker and has provided multimedia content for CNN, PBS, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC and more. News Inside is the recipient of the 2020 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media.

Donald Washington, Jr. Email is the director and executive producer of Inside Story, a video series designed to reach audiences both inside and outside of prison walls. He is a self-taught filmmaker who honed his skills working with local Brooklyn artists and grassroots organizations. Donald holds a graduate degree from the New York Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mercy College. Previously, Donald was the co-founding president of the Back-To-School Fund, a fundraising group supplementing the educational needs of children with incarcerated parents in New York State prisons. In 2015, he was presented with the Ossie Davis Award for his excellence in community service by Hudson Link for Higher Education.