[ad_1] Every year millions of people cycle through America’s prisons and jails. Many of them never make it home. Incarcerated people die of medical neglect. They die because guards beat them or because they get into fights with each other. They get sick or succumb to terminal illness. Using information from a federal government database […]
Why Thousands in Jail Suffer Without Mental Health Treatment
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. It’s a struggle most states are dealing with and few have managed to solve: Where to place people who have been arrested or charged with […]
5 Ways that Trump Rapidly Ramped Up Immigration Detention
[ad_1] This story is part of “Trump Two: Six Months In,” our series taking stock of the administration’s efforts to reshape immigration enforcement and criminal justice. Over the last six months, Rodney Taylor has watched the Trump administration’s explosion in immigration enforcement from a detention cell in rural Georgia. Taylor, a 47-year-old who had both […]
Why I Blew the Whistle on Extreme Confinement on Rikers Isla…
[ad_1] I’m a licensed clinical social worker. For over a decade, I’ve worked with people on parole, many of whom are mandated to substance abuse and mental health treatment. My passion for advocating for those directly impacted by our so-called criminal justice system has also led me to pursue a Ph.D. in Social Welfare. I’ve […]
Why the St. Louis Jail Reflects City’s Deepest Struggles
[ad_1] The St. Louis City Justice Center was supposed to make things better. Forty-five people in custody have died since the high-security facility opened in 2002 through February of this year, including 29 who were pronounced dead after being transported to area hospitals, according to public records. A federal lawsuit against the city over jail […]
What Will Happen to the Hinds County Jail Once Under Court C…
[ad_1] In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2021, Michael Richardson was beaten, stomped on and dragged to his death by at least two others inside Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center. His body remained undiscovered by guards for at least eight hours. He was one of seven incarcerated people who died that year in […]
Why Trump’s Crime, Immigration Crackdown Needs More Prisons …
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. During his first month in office, President Donald Trump has made moves to expand the United States’ already gargantuan carceral system. The Trump administration’s goals, from […]
How A Lawyer Challenged ‘Deliberate Indifference’ in Kentuck…
[ad_1] One afternoon in December 2022, Greg Belzley made the familiar two-hour drive from his home in Prospect, Kentucky, to downtown Cincinnati. He had booked a room at the Hampton Inn, where he always stays when he’s in town. And he suggested we meet at the tapas restaurant where he always eats. He didn’t want […]
Why Sheriffs’ Elections Matter | The Marshall Project
[ad_1] Four years ago, I drove to a small town in rural Missouri to meet the parents of Billy Ames, who were suing the St. Francois County Sheriff’s Department over his death. An autopsy said the cause of death was a meth overdose, and jailers admitted they had strapped Ames to a restraint chair. While […]