Prisoners in federal facilities must file most grievances with the guards — a system they say exposes them to retaliation, ...

Non-traditional state agencies, from college police to wildlife protection, have been pulled into immigration enforcement.

As the nation celebrates two and a half centuries of independence, we put together a syllabus of some essential criminal ...

Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...

What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...

Alfred Roberts was feeling a similar disillusionment at New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility on January 6, 2021, as he ...

Fifty years ago, Americans set out on a polarizing mission: to find a just and fair way to punish the worst of the worst crimes by execution. In some ways, this was a surprising choice. In 1972, a ...

The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to let the Trump administration end temporary deportation protections for Haitians and Syrians in the United States clears the way for the president to transform ...

As the U.S. Justice Department starts sending more federal agents to big cities across the country, there’s good and bad news for their mayors and residents. The good news is that the feds in question ...

This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. These days, Austin ...

Kheilin Valero Marcano, Stiven Arrieta Prieto and their 1-year-old daughter, Amalia, felt overjoyed when, in early February, they were allowed to leave the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. But ...