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What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation. The Marshall Project does not endorse the viewpoints or vouch for the accuracy of reports other than its own.

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These States Want People to Pay in Cash to Get Out of Jail

Encouraged by Trump, some lawmakers are championing cash bail, undercutting reforms that advocates say made the system fairer for poor people.

Closing Argument • 09.20.2025

‘Attica Day’ Is Fading Fast. Here’s Why This 53-Year-Old Tradition Still Matters.

For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.

Life Inside • 09.12.2025

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.”

Life Inside • 08.08.2025

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