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Life Inside, Remixed: An Incarcerated Artist Learns to Paint Through the Chaos of Prison. Rafael Rodriguez’s artistic mentor and cellmate, Memo, taught him how to pour his anger and pain …
Nine Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Parole
Jul 10, 2015 · 8. Parole boards can dictate your life on the outside, too. Parole boards don't just decide who to send home. They also decide what the conditions of people's parole will be, and …
New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
Nov 3, 2023 · According to the FBI’s crime statistics, the number of murders dropped by 6.1% from 2021 to 2022, but is still higher than where it was prior to the pandemic. For some …
What to Know About the Rise in U.S. Mass Shootings
Nov 1, 2023 · The Violence Project counted eight mass shootings in 2021, and seven in 2022. As mass shootings in the U.S. reached a record high, so did the number of deaths and injuries. …
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
Feb 25, 2015 · He becomes a slave in the fullest sense of the term.”. the Scottsboro Boys 1 The Scottsboro Boys were a group of nine black teenagers who in 1931 faced false accusations of …
What 24 Hours in Prison Is Really Like | The Marshall Project
Jul 12, 2018 · Count times in prison are an imprecise science, from a convict’s point of view. Sure, they start at the same times each day: 5 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 4 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight. But …
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
Nov 1, 2018 · One day, he came into the office, which was located in the back of the barracks and had brown paper covering its windows. He locked the door, and he raped me. Then he told me …
U.S. Mass Shootings On Rise No Matter How You Define Them
Jul 6, 2022 · The group counted 2,403 mass shootings from 2017 to 2021, with 2,495 dead and 10,225 injured. The group’s data reveals a steep rise in recent years: 692 mass shootings in …
How Policing Has — and Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd
Aug 6, 2022 · At the federal level, bipartisan police reform negotiations died in Congress last year, followed by a consolation executive order signed by President Joe Biden in May. That …
Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable… Or Is It ... - The Marshall Project
Oct 30, 2015 · Burlington Police Department. To the swelling chorus of activists and researchers who argue that eyewitness testimony is both fundamentally unreliable and over-relied upon, …