The Marshall Project

06/01/2026

Facial recognition software is increasingly ubiquitous in modern life, and odds are good that you have at least one social media account or mobile device that uses a version of this technology.

Law enforcement, from police to ICE, are using facial recognition technology — sometimes leading to wrongful arrests.

05/29/2026

Boredom may seem like a small price to pay for committing a crime. But life on the inside isn’t so much a physical battle as it is a mental one.

Boredom may seem like a small price to pay for committing a crime. But life on the inside isn’t so much a physical battle as it is a mental one.

05/29/2026

In late January, the Trump administration was planning a war in Iran, weighing possible airstrikes and staging aircraft carriers and other military ships in the region. Around that time, government officials deported 18 people to Iran, the last of them arriving just days before American and Israeli bombs began falling across the country.

Trump’s State Department told Americans to avoid Iran, Venezuela, Ukraine, South Sudan and other nations where the U.S. simultaneously deported people.

05/28/2026

From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.

From breathing exercises to journaling prompts, we compiled steps that help with processing difficult emotions while locked up.

05/28/2026

Morgan White began to write songs featured on records sold at an annual prison rodeo. “It’s Over” drew directly from his own experience.

“When I got the life sentence, I was with a girl... She was my only support. But she stopped writing letters, and I knew something was wrong.”

Singer, songwriter, drummer and pianist Morgan White appeared on five albums inside Texas prisons. Outside, he said no to the music industry.

05/27/2026

Just as communities of color experience more police violence, they also face disparities in the existing mental health system.

A new lawsuit claims Black Americans with mental illness are being forced into traumatic emergency room stays.

05/27/2026

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05/26/2026

After ICE’s aggressive tactics faced widespread public backlash, federal agreements with local police have emerged as a quieter method of immigration enforcement for the Trump administration — without incurring the same level of scrutiny.⁠
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The 287(g) Task Force program allows local police officers to help enforce federal immigration law. More than 1,100 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have signed agreements, and several states have passed laws requiring or encouraging local agencies to sign these agreements with ICE. ⁠
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In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier have gone after municipalities that refused, or that tried to institute policies limiting immigration enforcement actions.⁠
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Arrests like Axel Sanchez Toledo’s reveal a rapidly shifting public safety landscape: Routine police interactions are leaving even some crime victims and people who call 911 for help vulnerable to detention and arrest, we found.⁠
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Read our full report and see body camera footage: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/05/11/florida-ice-police-arrest?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tmp-facebook
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✍️: Shoshana Walter with additional reporting contributed by Jill Castellano / The Marshall Project⁠
🎨: Photo illustration by Jovelle Tamayo / The Marshall Project; Body camera still from Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office⁠
📱: Ashley Dye / The Marshall Project

05/26/2026

From Texas to Virginia, the GOP is expanding efforts to curtail the power of prosecutors in Democratic-leaning cities.

From Texas to Virginia, the GOP is expanding efforts to curtail the power of prosecutors in Democratic-leaning cities.

05/25/2026

U.S. defendants must be able to understand the charges against them — but many who can’t remain behind bars waiting for mental health treatment.

U.S. defendants must be able to understand the charges against them — but many who can’t remain behind bars waiting for mental health treatment.