New Data Shows Violent Crime Is Up… And Also Down. - The …
WEBNov 3, 2023 · Property crime and victimization increased in 2022. The FBI's crime data showed a 7% increase in property crime from 2021 to 2022, which came after a decades-long downward trend. The Justice Department's crime victimization survey shows similar trends. Experts said motor vehicle theft and soaring inflation could be behind the increases.
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WEBA Mother on a Mission for Full Police Transparency. Troy, Alabama, police severely beat Ulysses Wilkerson when he was 17. Seven years later, his mom, Angela Williams, is still fighting for answers. By Angela Williams as told to Brittany Hailer. A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
A Boy Among Men - The Marshall Project
WEBFeb 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 raping two white women on an Alabama train. Their trials were marked by lynch mobs and all-white juries, and they have since been pardoned.
How the Juvenile Detention Crisis Is 'Cruel and Unusual'
WEBAug 13, 2022 · Last month, its officials suspended new admissions. Officials blame chronic underfunding and a staffing crisis made worse by a tight labor market. Last year, starting pay for detention officers was around $36,200, and those positions saw a turnover rate of more than 70%. A permanent 15% pay raise was adopted last month.
Five Things to Know About One of the Deadliest Federal Prisons
WEBMay 31, 2022 · The Marshall Project and NPR investigated how the newest federal prison — the penitentiary in Thomson, Illinois — has quickly become one of the deadliest.The story is the latest in our years-long coverage of the dangers of “double-celled solitary confinement” — putting two people on lockdown in a small cell — as well as the use of force in federal prisons.
My Life in the Supermax - The Marshall Project
WEBJan 8, 2016 · This article was published in collaboration with Vice.. Not many people ever make it out of the ADX. Officially called the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence — and colloquially known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies” — the ADX is the highest-security federal prison in …
New Data Shows How Dire the Prison Staffing Shortage Really Is
WEBJan 10, 2024 · Republish. When Andrew Phillips took a job as a corrections officer at Georgia’s Smith State Prison in 2021, he was desperate for work. Shortly after he started, he noticed a problem. The prison housed about 1,500 men, and each shift was supposed to have 30 officers to guard them, but most days there were half that, according to Phillips.
About Us - The Marshall Project
WEBNov 15, 2014 · The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. We have an impact on the system through journalism, rendering it more fair, effective, transparent and humane. There is bipartisan agreement that the …
I Got A Life Sentence At 17. Then I Was Raped In Prison.
WEBNov 1, 2018 · The next day, we were arrested and charged with capital murder, which carried two possible sentences: death, or life without the possibility of parole. We got life. I would be incarcerated forever. It was 1985, and I was just 17 years old. Once I got to prison, I was dealing with extreme guilt over my aunt’s death, and fear, because I was ...
What Can Death Row Prisoners Request Before They Die?
WEBSep 7, 2021 · The vast majority of American executions over the last half-century have been carried out through lethal injection, but several states have directed death row prisoners to pick how they will die. The exact laws vary, but in a handful of states, including Florida, Tennessee and Utah, prisoners have opted for electrocution or the firing squad.