[ad_1] Filed 1:00 p.m. EDT 04.12.2026 Hattie Ellis was poised for post-prison fame. Then she encountered shotcallers who didn’t value her voice. This essay is part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week by incarcerated artists. Sign up now to get a new song each Sunday afternoon until September: The […]
Journalists: How to Include Family Perspectives in Prison De…
[ad_1] Read this first Family members of people who died behind bars are a critical part of the reporting process. They can help establish a timeline of events by sharing what complaints they heard leading up to the death and providing access to much-needed documents such as medical records. Including these details in your reporting […]
MS Prison Killings Have Not Stopped. 5 Things to Know.
[ad_1] This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons. 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 their families […]
New Year’s in Prison is Different, Especially with a Long Se…
[ad_1] Five…four…three…two…one… Happy New Year! Balls drop. Confetti flitters. Fireworks burst. We dance, drunk-sing our favorite songs, and kiss our favorite lover. The year has begun — unless you’re in prison. On the outside, my New Year’s Eves were typical: My friends and I did the countdown. We threw confetti and watched the fireworks. We […]
At a Federal Prison in Texas, Women Say Dialysis Is Killing …
[ad_1] Evangelina Perez lost count of the number of times her mother, Martha Perez, called her from federal prison, gasping for breath because she had missed dialysis treatments for her kidney failure. At 59, Martha Perez also had diabetes and congestive heart failure. She had been in various federal prisons since 2005 on money laundering […]
Aramark Cuts Free Prison Meals to Boost Profits, New Suit Cl…
[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. Food service company Aramark is leaving incarcerated people in West Virginia with empty stomachs and their loved ones with empty pockets, a federal class-action lawsuit […]
In Missouri Prison Death Investigations, Coroners Play a Key…
[ad_1] When Alan Lancaster died in January 2023 at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, his family went looking for answers. The Missouri Department of Corrections recorded his death as an accident and offered few additional details. His family requested records from the prison’s investigation into his death, documents such as the internal investigative […]
Mississippi Prison Killing Leaves Mother With No Answers Aft…
[ad_1] By Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today Additional reporting contributed by Leonardo Bevilacqua, Mississippi Today Text messages and a video from a prisoner inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary have raised questions about a homicide there during a 2020 gang war. During the war, Denorris Howell was strangled to death. No one was charged with his killing. […]
AI in Prison? Robot Guards? How the Criminal Justice System …
[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. In July, Tesla fans lined up for hours in Los Angeles to check out the new “retro-futuristic” diner and charging station opened by Elon Musk. […]
Missouri prison nurse gets 12 years for poisoning husband
[ad_1] A Missouri prison nurse who fatally poisoned her husband after falling in love with a convicted killer learned this week she’ll be spending the next 12 years behind bars. Amy Murray, 47, accepted a deal from Alford prosecutors, entering a plea to murder, arson and tampering with evidence charges on June 25, according to […]