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WEBWhat Crime Data Says About the Effects of Texas Busing Migrants. The influx has sparked fears of rising crime in some cities. The Marshall Project looked at policing data to see if the anxiety reflects reality. The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Immigration," curated by The Marshall Project.
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WEBThe Marshall Project Wins Prestigious National Magazine Award for General Excellence. This is the third time the news site has won for the breadth and ambition of its coverage. He Faces Execution. His Lawyers May Have Earned Less Than $4 per Hour. Some death penalty lawyers get paid the same no matter how long they work on a case.
What 24 Hours in Prison Is Really Like | The Marshall Project
WEBJul 12, 2018 · At 1:30 a.m., I’m jarred awake in my cell by an officer wielding the brightest flashlight in the world. He gives me 10 minutes to throw on some clothes and escorts me to the isolation cells, where I strip down again for a thorough search and begin a three-hour suicide watch. This is my prison job: to sit with inmates deemed suicidal and just ...
What Is Prison Like for Women and Girls? | The Marshall Project
WEBOct 10, 2017 · The U.S. makes up just 5 percent of the global population, yet nearly one-third of all the female prisoners in the entire world are here in America.. There are more than 200,000 women and girls incarcerated nationwide, a number that has increased by more than 700 percent since 1980.Men still make up the vast majority of inmates, but …
Why Juvenile Curfews Don’t Work | The Marshall Project
WEBJul 31, 2018 · This summer at least one city—Austin—has decided not to sound the alarm. The Austin Police Department’s assistant chief, Troy Gay, told The Marshall Project, “We looked at the evidence and decided it was time to discard the curfew law; it wasn't making an impact on juvenile victimization.”. The evidence was a report drafted by a ...
The Secret Hints for Winning Parole | The Marshall Project
WEBJan 25, 2016 · The techniques include: “Grooming — hair combed, teeth brushed, etc.”. “Sit up straight, arms at sides” — note “what crossed arms say about attitude.”. Avoid “repeating phrases like ‘you know what I’m saying.’”. Inmates are advised to wear “clean clothes, appropriate to the temperature” and the group is directed to ...
4 Reasons We Should Worry About Missing Crime Data
WEBJul 13, 2023 · When the FBI released a new hate crime report this spring with more data, it showed a nearly 12% increase in hate crimes from 2020 to 2021. In June, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential campaign, he bragged about Florida’s crime rate hitting a 50-year low in 2021.
The Hidden Cost of Incarceration | The Marshall Project
WEBDec 17, 2019 · Prison costs taxpayers $80 billion a year. It costs some families everything they have. Telita Hayes has spent thousands of dollars keeping in touch with her ex-husband, William Reese, who is incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary. Olivia Perillo for The Marshall Project and The New York Times. By Beatrix Lockwood and Nicole Lewis.
How Policing Has — and Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd
WEBAug 6, 2022 · More than two years after millions of Americans took to the streets following the murder of George Floyd, familiar stories about police violence persist. By the numbers, 2021 was the deadliest for police shootings since The Washington Post began tracking them in 2015. The database Mapping Police Violence found similar results.
Prison Money Diaries: What People Really Make (and Spend) …
WEBAug 4, 2022 · People make soap bars out of little bars of hotel soap. The soap is 50 cents a bar. File legal papers. That’s anywhere from $20 to $200. To beat someone up costs between $50 and $100. Sex is also $50 to $100. You can also pay anywhere from $15 to $100 for a political service.
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