Selected clips and honors
My reporting
In New York Prisons, Guards Who Brutalize Prisoners Rarely Get Fired
Records and data analyzed by The Marshall Project reveal a state discipline system that fails to hold many guards accountable.
Honored with a Nonprofit News Award for best investigative journalism and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for criminal justice reporting.
A Criminal Justice Journalist Wrestles With Doubts in the Jury Box
A longtime journalist serving on a jury must weigh the flaws of the system against the holes in the gun and drug case he heard.
Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later
The infamous 1971 prison revolt ended with a bloody police siege. We retell the story, minute-by-minute.
What 120 Executions Tell Us About Criminal Justice in America
The Marshall Project tracked every execution in America for more than five years. For condemned people, the path to death grew longer, more winding and erratic.
Shining a light on the death penalty
For five and a half years, The Next to Die tracked every execution scheduled in the country.
Honored with a special Human Rights award from Malofiej and a silver medal from Society for News Design’s Best of Digital Design.
Lien deal leaves Paterson in dire straits
The future of affordable housing in the Silk City was sold!
A Temporary Life
One reporter’s experience starting at the bottom. For a month I lived and worked as a low-wage laborer to record life among the county’s working poor.
Honored with a finalist in the Deadline Club awards.
My editing and producing
Assaulted by Her Cellmate, a Trans Woman Took the Federal Prisons to Court
When you are harmed in a place whose purpose is punishment, why is it so hard to get justice?
Serving Time for Their Abusers’ Crimes
The Marshall Project found nearly 100 people who were punished for the actions of their abusers under little-known laws like “accomplice liability.”
Most New Yorkers Don’t Get the Trump Treatment at Arraignment
The 31,000 people arraigned for felonies in New York each year have very different experiences in court than the former president.
How Melissa Lucio Went From Abuse Survivor to Death Row
Why some trauma victims are more likely to take responsibility for crimes, even when they may be innocent.
The Prisoner-Run Radio Station That’s Reaching Men on Death Row
They can’t go to classes or prison jobs, and they don’t have tablets or televisions. But they do have radios.
As Corrections Officers Quit in Droves, Prisons Get Even More Dangerous
Fewer guards lead to more lockdowns, rising tensions and scant access to healthcare.
Tracking COVID-19 in prisons nationwide
The Marshall Project and The Associated Press collected data on COVID-19 infections in state and federal prisons every week. See how the virus affected correctional facilities in your state.
Welcome to the Zo
Where prison guards’ favorite tactic is messing with your head.
Honored with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Innovation, a gold medal from the Society for News Design’s Best of Digital Design and an Online Journalism Award.
Detained
How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.
Honored with a national Edward R. Murrow Award for News Documentary, an Eppy from Editor and Publisher, a National Magazine Award, a National Headliner Award and an Online Journalism Award for explanatory reporting.