Despite legal challenges, jails across the country are still filthy with plumbing issues, vermin, feces-covered walls, & limited access to basic hygiene products [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @brittanyhailer.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...

Why America’s Jails Are So Disgusting

Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Hinds County, Mississippi.

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There was no way to know how many people died in Missouri prisons — until now. Emerging on Bsky to share this latest installment in @themarshallproject.org's death-in-custody coverage + a few thoughts from my reporting on MO's flawed records system 🧵👇🏾 www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/18/s...

There Was No Way to Know How Many People Died in Missouri Prisons — Until Now

For years, the state’s Department of Corrections cobbled together death records from multiple sources. New data reveals annual totals for the first time.

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Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units. A first person account of what it’s like there during a heat wave [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/08/m...

I Logged One of My Hottest Days in Prison During a Missouri Heat Wave

Lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling.

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🕊️ What does it mean to be a “last responder”? In this deeply personal essay for The Marshall Project, Shamari Jackson shares how restoring the bodies of those lost to violence became a form of therapy and connection. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m... @ivyscott.bsky.social

Shamari Jackson, a St. Louis mortician, came to the job after gun violence took her boyfriend’s life. In her work, she’s compassionately cared for the bodies of friends and classmates, as well as strangers [ @ivyscott.bsky.social @themarshallproject.org ] www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/17/m...

What Being a Mortician to Homicide Victims Taught Me About Grief

St. Louis native Shamari Jackson began studying mortuary science after her boyfriend was fatally shot. Now she uses her work as a form of therapy.

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