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Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
The Small House Offering Aid in the Shadow of an ICE Detention Center
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote rural Georgia.
As federal agents descend on Chicago for more immigration raids, our analysis shows what happened to ~1,600 people arrested there this fall. We report how federal agencies moved them through an expanded network of detention facilities — many rife with complaints of inhumane conditions.
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
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December 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As federal agents descend on Chicago for more immigration raids, our analysis shows what happened to ~1,600 people arrested there this fall. We report how federal agencies moved them through an expanded network of detention facilities — many rife with complaints of inhumane conditions.
For men awaiting execution on Texas’ death row, Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline — an escape from extreme isolating conditions, leading to the sort of friendships solitary confinement usually prevents.
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
How D&D Became Therapy for Some Men on Texas’ Death Row
For men awaiting execution in Texas, illicit games of Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
For men awaiting execution on Texas’ death row, Dungeons & Dragons became a lifeline — an escape from extreme isolating conditions, leading to the sort of friendships solitary confinement usually prevents.
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
See their D&D character sheets, maps & more:
The Marshall Project's analysis of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under age 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Marshall Project's analysis of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under age 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
As the newly installed Trump administration rapidly launched an array of criminal justice and immigration policy changes in early 2025, The Marshall Project dedicated our reporting to explaining the impact on families and communities. Those topics helped define our year:
Some of Our Best Work of 2025
Online, in print, and on radio and TV — we examined Trump administration orders, immigration detention, deaths behind bars and more this year.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
As the newly installed Trump administration rapidly launched an array of criminal justice and immigration policy changes in early 2025, The Marshall Project dedicated our reporting to explaining the impact on families and communities. Those topics helped define our year:
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order declaring illicit fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction,” in an escalation of the rhetoric on the nation’s opioid crisis.
Then, on Thursday, Trump signed another order directing federal agencies to loosen some federal restrictions on marijuana.
Then, on Thursday, Trump signed another order directing federal agencies to loosen some federal restrictions on marijuana.
What Trump’s Orders on Marijuana and Fentanyl Actually Do
When the federal government changes how it categorizes a drug on paper, what changes in the real world?
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December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order declaring illicit fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction,” in an escalation of the rhetoric on the nation’s opioid crisis.
Then, on Thursday, Trump signed another order directing federal agencies to loosen some federal restrictions on marijuana.
Then, on Thursday, Trump signed another order directing federal agencies to loosen some federal restrictions on marijuana.
The Marshall Project analyzed ICE data through the middle of October, the most current detailed records publicly available. People ICE arrested during that time were later detained in 13 states, at county jails, privately run detention centers and a rapidly constructed facility on a military base.
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Marshall Project analyzed ICE data through the middle of October, the most current detailed records publicly available. People ICE arrested during that time were later detained in 13 states, at county jails, privately run detention centers and a rapidly constructed facility on a military base.
The Marshall Project is exploring all the ways menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Marshall Project is exploring all the ways menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
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Where have immigrants arrested during the so-called "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago ended up? New data reveals the privately-run detention facilities and local jails where ICE is holding people. @geoffhing.bsky.social @jillcastellano.bsky.social
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ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Where have immigrants arrested during the so-called "Operation Midway Blitz" in Chicago ended up? New data reveals the privately-run detention facilities and local jails where ICE is holding people. @geoffhing.bsky.social @jillcastellano.bsky.social
www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/18/i...
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Online, in print, and on radio and TV — we examined Trump administration orders, immigration detention, deaths behind bars and more this year.
Some of Our Best Work of 2025
Online, in print, and on radio and TV — we examined Trump administration orders, immigration detention, deaths behind bars and more this year.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Online, in print, and on radio and TV — we examined Trump administration orders, immigration detention, deaths behind bars and more this year.
As federal agents descend on Chicago this week for a renewed round of immigration raids, a Marshall Project analysis shows what happened to around 1,600 people arrested in a similar operation this fall.
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As federal agents descend on Chicago this week for a renewed round of immigration raids, a Marshall Project analysis shows what happened to around 1,600 people arrested in a similar operation this fall.
“I can’t even keep track of how many times that occurred where they wouldn’t complete the dialysis on them. ...she would call me panicking because she knows how she would get if she skipped one,” Evangelina Perez said. “Her stomach would be tight from all the fluid she was retaining.”
Women Are Sent to This Federal Prison for Dialysis. They Say It’s Killing Them.
Patients at Carswell medical prison in Texas describe unsanitary conditions, missed treatments and substandard care.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I can’t even keep track of how many times that occurred where they wouldn’t complete the dialysis on them. ...she would call me panicking because she knows how she would get if she skipped one,” Evangelina Perez said. “Her stomach would be tight from all the fluid she was retaining.”
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We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social
ICE Data Reveals What Happened to 1,600 People Arrested During Chicago’s Blitz
Most of those arrested were swiftly shuttled to a sprawling array of detention centers in 13 states, many with reports of troubling conditions.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social
“Sometimes my daughter doesn’t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Sometimes my daughter doesn’t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.
St. Louis jails are nearing a breaking point.
The situation inside the county jail is so bad that it failed an inspection by the American Correctional Association, which critics say has rubber-stamped dangerous facilities. The preliminary audit cited overcrowding and understaffing as major issues.
The situation inside the county jail is so bad that it failed an inspection by the American Correctional Association, which critics say has rubber-stamped dangerous facilities. The preliminary audit cited overcrowding and understaffing as major issues.
Conditions in St. Louis Jails Are at the Breaking Point. Here’s Why.
Too many detainees and too few staff have pushed the City Justice Center and County Jail to a breaking point.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
St. Louis jails are nearing a breaking point.
The situation inside the county jail is so bad that it failed an inspection by the American Correctional Association, which critics say has rubber-stamped dangerous facilities. The preliminary audit cited overcrowding and understaffing as major issues.
The situation inside the county jail is so bad that it failed an inspection by the American Correctional Association, which critics say has rubber-stamped dangerous facilities. The preliminary audit cited overcrowding and understaffing as major issues.
This year journalists at The Marshall Project have covered the many ways people are dying in prisons and jails across the U.S. Our ongoing series, Dying Behind Bars, finds that while prisons and jails are meant to be highly surveilled environments, dying in them is a fundamentally opaque process.
What You Need to Know About Dying Behind Bars
Every year, tens of thousands of people die in prisons, jails and law enforcement custody.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This year journalists at The Marshall Project have covered the many ways people are dying in prisons and jails across the U.S. Our ongoing series, Dying Behind Bars, finds that while prisons and jails are meant to be highly surveilled environments, dying in them is a fundamentally opaque process.
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Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Women at the Federal Medical Center Carswell describe missed treatments, poor education for patients, dialysis machines that break down mid-treatment or that lacked enough clean water, and other routine problems.
Women Are Sent to This Federal Prison for Dialysis. They Say It’s Killing Them.
Patients at Carswell medical prison in Texas describe unsanitary conditions, missed treatments and substandard care.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Women at the Federal Medical Center Carswell describe missed treatments, poor education for patients, dialysis machines that break down mid-treatment or that lacked enough clean water, and other routine problems.
The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit
Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Analysis by The Marshall Project of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found that the Trump administration’s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.
In U.S. health care, “treatable” is usually a reassuring word. In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, it often means something different. Medicines, procedures, and specialists may all exist, but people may not get access to them until permanent harm or even death occurs.
Why “Treatable” Is Often a Scary Word Behind Bars
Medicines, procedures, and specialists can be scarce in prison, or people don’t get them until it’s too late.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In U.S. health care, “treatable” is usually a reassuring word. In prisons, jails, and detention centers across the country, it often means something different. Medicines, procedures, and specialists may all exist, but people may not get access to them until permanent harm or even death occurs.
The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
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great idea from @themarshallproject.org
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
great idea from @themarshallproject.org