The Marshall Project

09/06/2026

It’s a struggle most states are dealing with and few have managed to solve: Where to place people who have been arrested or charged with a crime, who aren’t mentally fit for court?

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.

09/05/2026

Seven weeks after Michael Haines died, jail staff only handed over a bag of clothes and a few papers. Kate had expected to see his Bible.

But the officials who run prisons and jails don't always return belongings to loved ones after a person dies behind bars. If some beloved memento goes missing, families have little recourse.

We'll post carousels sharing the stories of two other families in the coming days. See our previous photo posts for more.

🔗 Read the full article: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/30/their-loved-ones-died-behind-bars-these-keepsakes-are-all-they-have-left?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tmp-facebook
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✍️: Aala Abdullahi and Shannon Heffernan / The Marshall Project⁠
🎨: Juan Bernabeu / The Marshall Project
📱: Mariam Abaza and Ashley Dye / The Marshall Project

09/04/2026

Hospitals routinely use unreliable drug tests at childbirth, and many parents are reported to child welfare agencies and the police. Here’s what you can do.

Hospitals routinely use unreliable drug tests at childbirth, and many parents are reported to child welfare agencies and the police. Here’s what you can do.

09/04/2026

From Flock cameras to devices that impersonate cell phone towers, almost everyone in modern life, and that includes protesters, continuously oozes data that reveals sensitive aspects of their life.

When Americans take to the streets to make their voices heard, they’re inevitably dragging their digital trails right along behind them.

09/03/2026

The assumption is that kids in youth residential treatment centers are violent. Isabella Ramirez, who lived at Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents in Ohio, describes what the incident reports leave out.

In a statement to The Marshall Project, Fox Run said they reject the allegations made against them.

In this episode of "Inside Story," host Lawrence Bartley unpacks what happens inside youth residential treatment centers with Marshall Project reporter Brittany Hailer, who spent two years on this story.

💬 What questions do you have about these facilities? Ask us in the comments.

🔗 Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rNpdefGcy9o

🎥: The Marshall Project
📱: Tammy Galarza/The Marshall Project

09/03/2026

We're hosting a Reddit AMA about our reporting on youth residential treatment centers like Fox Run in Ohio and the troubled teen industry. Join us!

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09/03/2026

Police say Randall J. Mackendrick, the head of Ohio’s Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents, drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.

He found police instead.

🔗 Read our reporting on residential treatment centers: https://www.themarshallproject.org/tag/behind-locked-doors?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tmp-facebook

✍️: Brittany Hailer / The Marshall Project
📷: Eli Hiller for The Marshall Project
📱: Ashley Dye / The Marshall Project

09/02/2026

Law enforcement cameras are popping up everywhere, but many agencies have little safeguards to prevent abuse by individual officers.

Law enforcement cameras are popping up everywhere, but many agencies have little safeguards to prevent abuse by individual officers.

09/02/2026

Worried about false positive drug tests at childbirth? These tips can help prevent negative consequences from unreliable testing.

Hospitals routinely use unreliable drug tests at childbirth, and many parents are reported to child welfare agencies and the police. Here’s what you can do.

09/02/2026

Police say the head of Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.

Police say the head of Fox Run Center for Children and Adolescents drove nearly 200 miles to meet with someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl.