Help Us Report on Deaths Behind Bars: Share Your Family’s Experience
Filed 4:15 p.m. EDT 04.10.2025 Your insights help inform The Marshall Project’s reporting on what families go through when someone ...
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Tag: Deaths in Custody
In Prison, Every Death Creates a Ripple Effect
Dying in a maximum security correctional facility is not a proposition that anyone looks forward to, but it happens way ...
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How Journalists Can Investigate Deaths in Prisons and Jails
Read this first Deaths that occur either when a person is in the custody of law enforcement or housed in ...
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In Virginia, Prisoners Allege Culture of Violent Guards at Federal Prison
Marcos Santiago heard the clatter of metal chains outside cell 201 next door. Locked in the most isolated unit at ...
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More States Restricting ‘Excited Delirium’ as Cause of Death in Police Custody
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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