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Journalists: How to Get Records the Criminal Justice System Doesn’t Want You to Have

Use these tips from investigative reporter Alysia Santo to map out the systems you must unlock to get the documents you need.

Investigate This • 07.18.2025

Texas Says Its Multi-Billion Dollar Border Operation Is Working. The Evidence Tells a Different Story.

Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data Texas Gov. Greg Abbott uses to boast about Operation Lone Star raises more questions than answers.

Feature • 03.21.2022

Her Son Murdered, a Chicago Mother Waits for Answers

Two years later and no arrest. ‘Will it ever happen?’

Life Inside • 03.23.2017

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