Among the dozens of executive orders that President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office for his second term, one targets transgender people incarcerated in the federal prison system. The ...

Police procedurals and paperbacks—not to mention the United States Constitution—would lead you to believe a trial by jury is the bedrock of the U.S. criminal justice system. Trouble is, trials are ...

Dozens of immigrants have died in ICE detention since Trump took office. In recent days, two people, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo ...

As a kid growing up in Southern California in the 1980s, it was no surprise that I became a Crip. I learned how to sell drugs and gangbang, and when I moved to Kingston, New York, at age 18, I carried ...

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At age 17, I was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. I got out due to Supreme Court decisions, but there was one catch: Parole for the rest of my life. On the morning of Feb. 11, 2021 ...

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

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

The Marshall Project surveyed people in federal facilities for advice about the complaint process — and how to fix it.

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

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

State inspectors said jail staff failed to provide CPR to Jennifer Wade after finding her unresponsive in her cell in February 2025. Correctional staff failed to start CPR the moment they discovered ...