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This July, a man in Utah set his home on fire, killing himself, his 33-year-old partner, Jaimar Bravo Gil, and their children, police say. Bravo Gil’s relatives said her partner had a history of violence but she had kept silent about most of the abuse for fear of being deported.
She was not alone.
She was not alone.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This July, a man in Utah set his home on fire, killing himself, his 33-year-old partner, Jaimar Bravo Gil, and their children, police say. Bravo Gil’s relatives said her partner had a history of violence but she had kept silent about most of the abuse for fear of being deported.
She was not alone.
She was not alone.
St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a prison wedding officiant.
Prison Wedding Rules: No Cake, No Lace, But Lots of Love
St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a prison wedding officiant.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
St. Louis activist Khanika Harper found the perfect way to marry her passion for justice with the power of love: She became a prison wedding officiant.
It’s not just that prison meals are bland and unappetizing — though they often are.
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
Prison Food Is a Growing Billion-Dollar Industry. Many Meals Are Inedible.
As private food providers' contracts grow, the meager and moldy portions behind bars have forced some people to eat toothpaste and toilet paper.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s not just that prison meals are bland and unappetizing — though they often are.
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
In lawsuits and news reports, kitchen workers at prisons in Arizona, Oregon, and elsewhere reported seeing boxes of food that were served to prisoners marked: “not for human consumption.”
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Despite legal challenges, jails across the country are still filthy with plumbing issues, vermin, feces-covered walls, & limited access to basic hygiene products [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org ]
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Why America’s Jails Are So Disgusting
Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Hinds County, Mississippi.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Despite legal challenges, jails across the country are still filthy with plumbing issues, vermin, feces-covered walls, & limited access to basic hygiene products [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org ]
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Our latest issue of News Inside, our award-winning print publication that circulates free of charge in hundreds of prisons and jails across the United States, is here.
Issue 21 presents stories of connection, resistance and hope amid deteriorating conditions and discriminatory policies.
Issue 21 presents stories of connection, resistance and hope amid deteriorating conditions and discriminatory policies.
News Inside: How personal stories illuminate systemic failures
News Inside Issue 21 presents stories of connection, resistance and hope amid deteriorating conditions and discriminatory policies.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our latest issue of News Inside, our award-winning print publication that circulates free of charge in hundreds of prisons and jails across the United States, is here.
Issue 21 presents stories of connection, resistance and hope amid deteriorating conditions and discriminatory policies.
Issue 21 presents stories of connection, resistance and hope amid deteriorating conditions and discriminatory policies.
For years, hundreds had their driver’s licenses suspended in Lorain, OH for minor tickets like parking too far from a curb.
Now, the mayor has paused the ticket-writing practice.
The action comes days after The Marshall Project - Cleveland began asking about the thousands of parking violations.
Now, the mayor has paused the ticket-writing practice.
The action comes days after The Marshall Project - Cleveland began asking about the thousands of parking violations.
How One Parking Ticket Cost Hundreds of Drivers Their Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For years, hundreds had their driver’s licenses suspended in Lorain, OH for minor tickets like parking too far from a curb.
Now, the mayor has paused the ticket-writing practice.
The action comes days after The Marshall Project - Cleveland began asking about the thousands of parking violations.
Now, the mayor has paused the ticket-writing practice.
The action comes days after The Marshall Project - Cleveland began asking about the thousands of parking violations.
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
Homeless Sweeps Can Be More Humane, Experts Say. It Isn’t Easy
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
Jayden Kiley was 17 and in foster care when her mother died. But for months, no one told her about Social Security death benefits — or her mom's death.
Eventually, she learned she was owed ~$8,500.
Eventually, she learned she was owed ~$8,500.
Where Are Their Benefits? Former Foster Youth Want Answers
After a Marshall Project/NPR investigation, dozens ask what happened to money owed to them — and say the government isn't helping.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jayden Kiley was 17 and in foster care when her mother died. But for months, no one told her about Social Security death benefits — or her mom's death.
Eventually, she learned she was owed ~$8,500.
Eventually, she learned she was owed ~$8,500.
Larry Moses and Gloria Armour first dated in their 20s. The New Orleans duo reunited in their 60s, after Moses was wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years.
Love Beyond Bars: Larry and Gloria
Larry Moses and Gloria Armour first dated in their 20s. The New Orleans duo reunited in their 60s, after Moses was wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Larry Moses and Gloria Armour first dated in their 20s. The New Orleans duo reunited in their 60s, after Moses was wrongfully imprisoned for 29 years.
People report being less afraid of walking around at night and believing crime rates are lower in their neighborhood when their political party runs the Executive Branch, according to data from 25 years of Gallup surveys.
This finding is especially true for Republicans.
This finding is especially true for Republicans.
Want to Know if Someone Is Worried About Crime? First Ask How They Voted.
The sitting president can be a better predictor of how safe someone feels than what the crime data shows.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
People report being less afraid of walking around at night and believing crime rates are lower in their neighborhood when their political party runs the Executive Branch, according to data from 25 years of Gallup surveys.
This finding is especially true for Republicans.
This finding is especially true for Republicans.
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
Sandy Hemme spent 43 years behind bars. Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, Missouri's attorney general tried to send her back.
The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
Woman’s Case Spotlights Missouri’s Resistance to Innocence Claims
Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, the Missouri attorney general tried to send her back.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sandy Hemme spent 43 years behind bars. Even after a judge declared her innocent and ordered her freed, Missouri's attorney general tried to send her back.
The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
The state’s legal and political systems often resist admitting error even in the face of overwhelming evidence.
A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A growing chorus of attorneys, advocates and members of law enforcement are warning that the terror that has taken hold in immigrant communities is causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation and separation from their families.
At least 46 people have died in Mississippi’s county jails since 2020, according to lawsuits, news reports and law enforcement records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson. But those lost lives do not appear in any official statistics or records.
No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails. Here’s Why.
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
At least 46 people have died in Mississippi’s county jails since 2020, according to lawsuits, news reports and law enforcement records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson. But those lost lives do not appear in any official statistics or records.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
Read our analysis ⬇️
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Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows the Deadly Cost.
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest, at the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Data holds lessons for preventing future deaths.
Read our analysis ⬇️
Read our analysis ⬇️
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
Homeless Sweeps Can Be More Humane, Experts Say. It Isn’t Easy
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
"Susan seemed so earnest and calm and full of acceptance — all rare traits in the county jail, where so many people are caught up in the emotional riot of early sobriety," Keri Blakinger wrote.
The ‘Foul-Mouthed Pagan Lesbian’ Who Inspired My Jail Memoir
Keri Blakinger’s new book, “Corrections in Ink,” began with Susan Begg, an older woman the author met on her second day in jail. If only Susan had lived to see it in print.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Susan seemed so earnest and calm and full of acceptance — all rare traits in the county jail, where so many people are caught up in the emotional riot of early sobriety," Keri Blakinger wrote.
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
How ICE’s Crackdown Hurts Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Increased enforcement and Trump’s policy changes are causing some people to remain in abusive relationships rather than risk deportation, experts say.
Jazmine Mapes remembers one cold and wet November morning in 2023, when Los Angeles city workers demanded that she and about 65 others leave the tents they’d been living in across the street from City Hall. “I was covered in ashes and dirt,” she said.
She was also pregnant.
She was also pregnant.
Homeless Sweeps Can Be More Humane, Experts Say. It Isn’t Easy
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Jazmine Mapes remembers one cold and wet November morning in 2023, when Los Angeles city workers demanded that she and about 65 others leave the tents they’d been living in across the street from City Hall. “I was covered in ashes and dirt,” she said.
She was also pregnant.
She was also pregnant.
“It is not uncommon for guards to withhold food unless we take our shirts off," writes prison journalist Kwaneta Harris in Texas.
Why Solitary Confinement Is a Safe Haven for Sexually Abusive Guards
After eight years in “the hole” at Texas’ Lane Murray Unit, Kwaneta Harris documents the “daily reality” of staff sexual exploitation and violence.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“It is not uncommon for guards to withhold food unless we take our shirts off," writes prison journalist Kwaneta Harris in Texas.
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
How an Ohio Youth Treatment Center Tried to End Escalating Violence
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A year after taking over Mohican Young Star Academy, new owners and leadership face questions from workers, police and neighbors about its direction.
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There was no way to know how many people died in Missouri prisons — until now.
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
There Was No Way to Know How Many People Died in Missouri Prisons — Until Now
For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
There was no way to know how many people died in Missouri prisons — until now.
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails. Here’s Why.
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
From medical neglect to suicide, the lack of information on jail deaths can allow the same deadly problems to lead to more deaths.
Local governments across the U.S. have increasingly turned to sweeps and arrests as the number of people living on the nation’s streets exploded. But growing evidence shows that forcing people to move can harm their health. That’s prompting several cities to try a new approach in some cases.
Homeless Sweeps Can Be More Humane, Experts Say. It Isn’t Easy
Some localities are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Local governments across the U.S. have increasingly turned to sweeps and arrests as the number of people living on the nation’s streets exploded. But growing evidence shows that forcing people to move can harm their health. That’s prompting several cities to try a new approach in some cases.
Shattered teeth. Punctured lungs. Broken bones.
Over a dozen years, New York officials have documented the results of hundreds of prison guards' attacks. When the state tried to use this evidence to fire guards, it failed 90% of the time, we found.
Over a dozen years, New York officials have documented the results of hundreds of prison guards' attacks. When the state tried to use this evidence to fire guards, it failed 90% of the time, we found.
In New York Prisons, Guards Who Brutalize Prisoners Rarely Get Fired
Records obtained by The Marshall Project reveal a state discipline system that fails to hold many guards accountable.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Shattered teeth. Punctured lungs. Broken bones.
Over a dozen years, New York officials have documented the results of hundreds of prison guards' attacks. When the state tried to use this evidence to fire guards, it failed 90% of the time, we found.
Over a dozen years, New York officials have documented the results of hundreds of prison guards' attacks. When the state tried to use this evidence to fire guards, it failed 90% of the time, we found.