Many former prison sites draw on the spooky and salacious to entertain visitors. But some are having second thoughts. Visitors walked past cell blocks at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in June. AARON RICKETTS FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By HOPE CORRIGAN...
Fatal beatings. A “torture room.” Pairs of men held around the clock in tiny cells, tempers rising. “They’re literally afraid for their lives,” one lawyer said. Bobby “AJ” Everson was killed at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois in December 2021. Everson had...
How the Supreme Court expanded the most important law you’ve never heard of. By KERI BLAKINGER and BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL Additional reporting by MAURICE CHAMMAH The Lowdown breaks down the rituals and routines of the criminal justice system. If you even half-paid...
Demetrius Buckley’s long-awaited transfer to a lower-security prison means more time outside of his cell and a chance to see his daughter. But the transport process was like everything else in prison: slow, confusing and casually cruel. MARÍA MEDEM FOR THE MARSHALL...
But a dearth of content creators of color raises questions about the app’s algorithm. CHELSEA STAHL/NBC NEWS By KERI BLAKINGER My favorite TikTok video starts with a clean-cut man in a baseball cap walking down a snowy street. “I’m going to my favorite teacher’s...
