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"Nonviolence doesn’t just happen. Brutality is etched into prison culture; many see violence as a necessary tool of survival. For people like me, who actively practice nonviolence, the path to a relatively peaceful life is full of harrowing steps that no prison-mandated program can prepare you for."
How Attica’s Violence Taught Me to Practice Peace
“When you grow up in a culture of violence, that doesn’t just disappear,” writes Rashon Venable. “We, as prisoners, have to take active steps toward rehabilitation.”
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January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"Nonviolence doesn’t just happen. Brutality is etched into prison culture; many see violence as a necessary tool of survival. For people like me, who actively practice nonviolence, the path to a relatively peaceful life is full of harrowing steps that no prison-mandated program can prepare you for."
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
How Have States Handled Spiritual Advisers in the Execution Chamber?
“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” one advocate said.
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January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
"The group of us who started this work, we had no clue what we were doing,” she said. “We just did it.” ...The point, for her, was to do what they could. She didn’t feel like she could fix the immigration system, but she could show up, do laundry, or lay out turkey slices and bread for lunch.
The Small House Offering Aid in the Shadow of an ICE Detention Center
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
"The group of us who started this work, we had no clue what we were doing,” she said. “We just did it.” ...The point, for her, was to do what they could. She didn’t feel like she could fix the immigration system, but she could show up, do laundry, or lay out turkey slices and bread for lunch.
Over years and hundreds of handwritten pages of filings, Grace Pinson jumped over legal hurdles, all the way to trial. Fewer than 1% of federal prisoner civil rights claims reach that stage without an attorney, a luxury almost no one in prison can afford.
The Ballad of Grace Pinson
A trans woman’s legal battle reveals the failures of a landmark prison rape law.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Over years and hundreds of handwritten pages of filings, Grace Pinson jumped over legal hurdles, all the way to trial. Fewer than 1% of federal prisoner civil rights claims reach that stage without an attorney, a luxury almost no one in prison can afford.
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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January 13, 2026 at 9:22 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.
When an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, it wasn't the first time that federal officers have killed civilians since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
When an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, it wasn't the first time that federal officers have killed civilians since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
The new law mandates continuous 24-hour video surveillance in all areas where guards interact with incarcerated people, including infirmaries and all prison vehicles. The law requires prisons to eliminate all camera “blind spots” except toilets, showers and inside cells.
New York Prisons Are Getting More Cameras. Will It Make Them Safer?
The state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about abuse by guards.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The new law mandates continuous 24-hour video surveillance in all areas where guards interact with incarcerated people, including infirmaries and all prison vehicles. The law requires prisons to eliminate all camera “blind spots” except toilets, showers and inside cells.
An investigation by The Marshall Project - Jackson and local reporting partners found that understaffing and gang violence in Mississippi’s prisons led to dozens of incarcerated people being killed in the last 10 years. Their killers seldom face consequences, and families often left without answers.
We Investigated Killings Inside Mississippi Prisons. Here’s What We Found.
Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
An investigation by The Marshall Project - Jackson and local reporting partners found that understaffing and gang violence in Mississippi’s prisons led to dozens of incarcerated people being killed in the last 10 years. Their killers seldom face consequences, and families often left without answers.
An analysis by The Marshall Project provides a window into what causes thousands of people to die in prisons and jails every year.
This is How People Are Dying in America’s Prisons and Jails
An analysis by The Marshall Project provides a window into what causes thousands of people to die in prisons and jails every year.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
An analysis by The Marshall Project provides a window into what causes thousands of people to die in prisons and jails every year.
"In prison, most of my interactions were intense. I said little but talked with my eyes and hands. I knew that others understood what I was implying.... I thought this added up to being a good communicator. But I was beginning to realize that I was wrong."
The Prisoner-Led Communications Class I Didn’t Think I Needed
After 16 years in Michigan lockups, award-winning poet and writer Demetrius Buckley had to relearn how to be an active listener.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"In prison, most of my interactions were intense. I said little but talked with my eyes and hands. I knew that others understood what I was implying.... I thought this added up to being a good communicator. But I was beginning to realize that I was wrong."
The constricted flow of new patients through state hospitals is a crisis and “a huge deal in Ohio and everywhere,” said retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.
“It hurts everybody who has someone who needs to get a hospital bed that’s not in the criminal justice system."
“It hurts everybody who has someone who needs to get a hospital bed that’s not in the criminal justice system."
How Ohio’s Mental Hospitals Are More Like Prisons
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals.
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January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The constricted flow of new patients through state hospitals is a crisis and “a huge deal in Ohio and everywhere,” said retired Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.
“It hurts everybody who has someone who needs to get a hospital bed that’s not in the criminal justice system."
“It hurts everybody who has someone who needs to get a hospital bed that’s not in the criminal justice system."
From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.
Know Someone Grieving in Prison? Send Them This Guide
From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.
New York state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about abuse by guards.
New York Prisons Are Getting More Cameras. Will It Make Them Safer?
The state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about abuse by guards.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
New York state plans to install cameras in “blind spots,” following two high-profile prisoner deaths and extensive reporting about abuse by guards.
We analyzed ICE data through the middle of October, the most current detailed records publicly available. People who ICE arrested during that time were later detained in 13 states, at county jails, privately run detention centers and a rapidly constructed facility on a military base, the data shows.
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We analyzed ICE data through the middle of October, the most current detailed records publicly available. People who ICE arrested during that time were later detained in 13 states, at county jails, privately run detention centers and a rapidly constructed facility on a military base, the data shows.
After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to get creative.
Pushing for Answers After a Loved One Dies Behind Bars
After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to get creative.
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January 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to get creative.
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
How Have States Handled Spiritual Advisers in the Execution Chamber?
“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” one advocate said.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
The killing of a Renee Nicole Good is the latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project.
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The killing of a Renee Nicole Good is the latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project.
In a trend that predates the pandemic, the path to care for severe mental illness almost exclusively runs through the criminal justice system. Patients awaiting trial for criminal charges or found not guilty by reason of insanity are overwhelming Ohio’s understaffed state psychiatric hospitals.
Three Things to Know About the Rise of Criminally Ill Patients in Ohio
Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
In a trend that predates the pandemic, the path to care for severe mental illness almost exclusively runs through the criminal justice system. Patients awaiting trial for criminal charges or found not guilty by reason of insanity are overwhelming Ohio’s understaffed state psychiatric hospitals.
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis wasn't the first time federal officers have shot & killed civilians during the Trump admin's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis wasn't the first time federal officers have shot & killed civilians during the Trump admin's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
At the end of 2025, GEO Group’s stock was trading around $16 per share, down from a high of $36.46 on Trump’s second day in office. Stock prices also fell for CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America.
“Investors got over their skis,” said Joe Gomes, an equity analyst.
“Investors got over their skis,” said Joe Gomes, an equity analyst.
Trump’s Vow to Arrest Immigrants Lifted Private Prison Stocks. Then Why Did They Tank?
ICE wants to detain more than 100,000 people at a time, but the historic ramp up has been slower than Wall Street expected.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
At the end of 2025, GEO Group’s stock was trading around $16 per share, down from a high of $36.46 on Trump’s second day in office. Stock prices also fell for CoreCivic, formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America.
“Investors got over their skis,” said Joe Gomes, an equity analyst.
“Investors got over their skis,” said Joe Gomes, an equity analyst.
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For the last few months, I kept a document where every time I saw reports of fed immigration agents shooting or pointing their gun at someone, I made a note. The list grew and grew. It now includes 4 deaths. Here is what I noticed keeping that list.
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Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
For the last few months, I kept a document where every time I saw reports of fed immigration agents shooting or pointing their gun at someone, I made a note. The list grew and grew. It now includes 4 deaths. Here is what I noticed keeping that list.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
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The Marshall Project’s analysis counted over 1,300 children held in detention longer than 20 days in 2025. ICE told a judge that it is minimizing the detention of children, writing in a report that its “primary goal is to ensure that minors are discharged from custody as quickly as possible.”
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Marshall Project’s analysis counted over 1,300 children held in detention longer than 20 days in 2025. ICE told a judge that it is minimizing the detention of children, writing in a report that its “primary goal is to ensure that minors are discharged from custody as quickly as possible.”
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
How Have States Handled Spiritual Advisers in the Execution Chamber?
“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” one advocate said.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
During Lance Shockley’s final moments in Missouri’s execution chamber in October 2025, he wanted his daughter, an ordained minister, by his side as his spiritual adviser.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
But the Missouri Department of Corrections refused Shockley his chosen spiritual adviser, and he died alone.
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis wasn't the first time federal officers have shot & killed civilians during the Trump admin's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis wasn't the first time federal officers have shot & killed civilians during the Trump admin's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign.
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months:
Many of these famous federal cases have become political symbols and vehicles for arguments about healthcare, the war in Afghanistan, and much else. But they will also provide insight into public views on crime and punishment.
How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Many of these famous federal cases have become political symbols and vehicles for arguments about healthcare, the war in Afghanistan, and much else. But they will also provide insight into public views on crime and punishment.