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Inside Story

Developed by formerly incarcerated people, a new video series examines the realities of the U.S. criminal justice system.

A Black man with glasses and a black fedora, black vest and red button-down shirt.
Episode 01

Discredited Hair Analysis Is Fueling Efforts to Overturn Convictions

Rapper Common talks about his work bringing music into prisons, and incarcerated people fight their convictions from debunked forensic science.
A White man can be seen through the back of a wooden dining-table chair.
Episode 02

Toll of Prison Staff Shortages on Guards, Prisoners and Their Families

Prison staff shortages impact guards, prisoners and their families, and comedian Donnell Rawlings talks about his connection to the system.
A Black woman with short hair, wearing a patterned-pink jacket, sits in a chair in a courtroom with a small smile on her face.
Episode 03

Americans With Past Convictions Fight to Regain Right to Vote

A Tennessee woman tries to regain her right to vote after a conviction, and entrepreneur Topeka Sam talks about what she learned while in prison.
A gray chain-link fence topped with barbed wire outside an Oklahoma jail.
Episode 04

Effort to Provide Low-Cost Health Care Behind Bars Stirs Controversy

Examining a company providing low-cost health care services at jails across the U.S., and a formerly incarcerated person shares how a mentor behind bars saved his life.
A photo of a smiling young Black boy wearing a dark tie and gray vest inside a silver picture frame alongside a photo of him as a young man with the words “We Love You Mario.”
Episode 05

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.
A White woman with brown hair and blond highlights leans against a wall, while her daughter, a White woman with glasses and long, brown-blond hair, leans into her.
Episode 06

Inside Story Meets Woman Jailed for Pregnancy Loss After She’s Released

Veteran rapper Styles P talks about the criminalization of rap lyrics, and we revisit the story of a woman who was imprisoned after the stillbirth of her child.

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Credits

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / HOST Lawrence Bartley

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / CO-CREATOR Donald Washington, Jr.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER / SHOWRUNNER Devin Greenleaf

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Raghuram Vadarevu

PRESIDENT Carroll Bogert

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Susan Chira

CORRESPONDENTS Cary Aspinwall, Roberto Ferdman, Alexis Johnson

STAFF REPORTERS Cary Aspinwall, Maurice Chammah, Shannon Heffernan, Beth Schwartzapfel, Alysia Santo

REPORTERS Brianna Bailey, Rene Ebersole, Shahla Farzan, Rachel Lippman, Jennifer Lu, Tom Scheck

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Ruth Baldwin

MANAGING EDITOR Geraldine Sealey

MANAGING EDITOR, LOCAL Marlon A. Walker

SENIOR EDITORS Leslie Eaton, Dave Mann, Tom Meagher, Akiba Solomon, Manuel Torres

DATA EDITOR David Eads

ENGAGEMENT EDITOR Nicole Lewis

SENIOR SEGMENT PRODUCER Rochelle Widdowson

PRODUCER/SHOOTERS Dave Mayers, Alex Pena, Gilad Thaler

PRODUCERS Belle Cushing, Dina Elshinnawi, Nick Fraccaro, Simone Perez, Nour El Hoda Seleem

FIELD PRODUCER Maggie Schwartz

INTERVIEW PRODUCER Nicole Spence

DATA PROJECT LEAD Andrew Rodriguez Calderón

SENIOR DATA REPORTER Anna Flagg

DATA REPORTER Weihua Li

SHOW WRITERS James Hamilton, Josh Hersh, David Notis

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Martin Garcia, Robert Rose

DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION Josh Luddeni

BROADCAST EDITORS Jeb Banegas, Jose Flores, Patrick Mannion, Joe Matoske, ACE

LEAD ASSISTANT EDITOR Christopher Banks

JUNIOR EDITOR and SOCIAL VIDEO PRODUCER Jarrel Lynch

ART DIRECTOR Ana Simoes

MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNERS Kris Cave, Arielle Ray

ANIMATION LEADS Lily Padula, Grace Shin

ILLUSTRATORS Chelsea Beck, Lily Padula

ANIMATOR K Downs

GRAPHICS EDITORS K Downs, Rachel Win

INSIDE STORY OPEN Big Star Motion Design

ORIGINAL THEME BY Kenyatta Emmanuel Hughes, Patrick Griffin, Isaias Umali III

EXHIBIT A NARRATOR Kiki Dunston

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Scott De Angioletti, Juanita Ceballos, Cassandra Giraldo, Blake Kimmel, Jeff Perlman, Zachary Rockwood, Kathryn Sheldon, Daniel Vergara

CAMERA OPERATORS Tyler Barksdale, Andrew Cagle, Christopher Olson, Aaron Raizenberg, Zach Wood

TELEPROMPTER Grayson Dejesus

COLORIST Chris Beardslee

RE-RECORDING MIXER / SOUND DESIGNER / COMPOSER William Flynn

ARCHIVAL PRODUCER Melissa Saucedo

MUSIC SUPERVISOR Julia Zucker

CONSULTING MUSIC SUPERVISOR Chase Stafford

PARTNERSHIP MANAGER Terri Troncale

SENIOR MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Celina Fang

MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Marci Suela

COPY CHIEF Ghazala Irshad

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER Ebony Reed

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Elizabeth Seuling

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Eli Stern

CONTROLLER Arlene Brodie

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT Elan Kiderman Ullendorff

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY Gabe Isman

COUNSEL Michael Berry, Leslie Minora and Elizabeth L. Schilken, Ballard Spahr
Edward Klaris and Louise Carron, Klaris Law
Jennifer Borg, Kay Murray, Alexander Papachristou, Zachary Press, Pashman Stein

ADDITIONAL REPORTING

Special thanks to The Marshall Project’s reporting and publishing partners

APM Reports
Mother Jones
St. Louis Public Radio
The Frontier
USA Today

Support for The Marshall Project and Inside Story is provided by the Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Public Welfare Foundation and The Just Trust.
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