From Sweltering Cells to Frigid Tents: The Extreme Temperatures of Incarceration
While Texas faces a 2029 deadline to install AC and California debates workplace exemptions, incarcerated people endure extreme heat and freezing detention camps.
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ICE Says It Can Detain Immigrants as Long as It Wants. Will the Supreme Court Agree?
Hundreds of federal judges have ruled against the administration’s “mandatory detention” policy, but the Supreme Court may soon have the final say.
The Marshall Project is Putting on a Concert of Music Made in Prisons
Tickets are on sale for Redemption Songs Live, an evening of storytelling and song in partnership with Musicambia.
What Happens When Prisons Take Away Conjugal Visits?
Once allowed in 17 states, only four still offer family visits. Host Lawrence Bartley examines how isolating loved ones impacts prison safety.
Why Some Jurors and Judges No Longer Trust Trump’s Justice Department
Federal prosecutors have struggled to convict anti-ICE protesters, while grand juries and judges are showing unusual skepticism of the government.
New Prison Policy Gives Trump Administration More Power to Punish Enemies
The Bureau of Prisons quietly revised its rules to allow Attorney General Todd Blanche to unilaterally decide where federal prisoners serve time.
Taking GLP-1 Shots in Prison? Yes, But It’s Complicated.
Muscle loss is a side effect of the GLP-1 my doctor prescribed. But many of the protein-rich foods that rebuild it are banned in New York prisons.
Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests.
He Wrote a Song Called ‘Freedom.’ Now He’s Free.
After playing bass in a Philadelphia-area prison music program, Bernard Lee, 73, earned parole.
ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care.
Gavin Newsom Could Reshape the U.S. Death Penalty, But It’s Politically Risky
More than 560 people still face death sentences in California, despite a longstanding moratorium on executions.
‘I Am Afraid of Losing a Life that Took Decades to Build’: Salvadorans Await Loss of TPS
Salvadorans who are in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program now face an uncertain future as it expires on Sept. 9.
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