As COVID-19 began spreading in 2020, prison facilities across the country suspended visits from family and lawyers. Over the course of the pandemic, states have eased and tightened those restrictions. We’re rounding up the changes as they occur. Have you tried to...
A workplace injury derailed Alfonso Cobb’s progress, but the Arkansas wood factory worker is still holding on to his freedom dreams. CHRIS VISIONS FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By ALFONSO COBB as told to LAKEIDRA CHAVIS Around this time last year, I was really excited for...
LIFE INSIDE “Not knowing what is going on with my body will catch up to me, but I refuse to be treated inappropriately.” JOHN LEE FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT By DEMETRIUS BUCKLEY Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up to receive...
Credit…Mark Pernice By David Lat Jan. 14, 2022 JUST PURSUIT A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness By Laura Coates THE RAGE OF INNOCENCE How America Criminalizes Black Youth By Kristin Henning Trial lawyers are storytellers — and they especially love telling...
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK An American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington, March 22, 2019. The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons across the U.S. this week as it implements part...