The Marshall Project highlights research on excess mortality in U.S. prisons:
The slowdown…
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Rise in prison death rates during the pandemic
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Incomplete crime data
When the FBI switched to a new data collection system, which relies on…
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Unreliable FBI crime data
The Marshall Project and Axios report that the FBI changed their reporting system…
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1 in 5 prisoners had Covid-19, a grid map
The Marshall Project and The Associated Press report on the Covid-19 rates in…
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Coronavirus cases rising in prisons
Coronavirus cases are rising (again), which includes prisoners and prison staff. The Marshall…
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Trump’s criminal justice ad spending on Facebook
The Marshall Project contrasted ad spending on Facebook by Trump’s campaign against Joe…
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Excess deaths, by race
It’s clear that Covid-19 has affected groups differently across the United States. By…
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Flow of prison population
In a collaboration between The Marshall Project and The Upshot, Anna Flagg and…
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The different trends in American crime
Crime is up? Crime is down? It depends on who you ask and…
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Predictive policing
Crime and data have an old history together, but because there are new…
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Human side of executions
On one side, a person is scheduled to die. On the other, the person did horrible things. It’s complex.
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Criminal sentencing and a stat lesson on probabilities and uncertainty
Pennsylvania is considering the use of risk assessment — the chances that someone…