Programs that send mental health professionals instead of police, or alongside police, to people in the midst of behavioral crises have spread rapidly in recent years. Some version of this concept now exists in 44 out of the country’s 50 largest cities, according to a 2024 study.

How North Carolina officials kept the truth about a police shooting hidden. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/22/n...

TODAY: Join @themarshallproject.org for a conversation about pregnancy criminalization. I'll be talking about our data analysis that found 70,000 cases where new parents were referred to law enforcement over drug use allegations. See you there! www.themarshallproject.org/events/how-t...

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I went on Minnesota Public Radio to talk about how the state refers thousands of mothers to law enforcement over alleged drug use during pregnancy, often based on flawed drug tests at childbirth. In fact, these referrals take place for every 1 in 42 births. @themarshallproject.org

Our investigation found state agencies shared allegations of pregnancy substance use with law enforcement 70,000+ times over six years. Allegations are often based on unreliable drug testing, which can return false positives. Use our interactive tool to explore the data and policies in your state:

Catch me at the #NICAR26 data journalism conference next week!

For the expecting parents out there -- here's what you need to know about (unreliable) drug testing at childbirth and what you can do about it @themarshallproject.org @sho-walter.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2026/02/13/t...

Proud of this amazing work I got to do with @sho-walter.bsky.social

@jillcastellano.bsky.social and I wrote about how this data also went missing during the shutdown: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/d...

Jeff Asher is out here doing the lord's work @jeffasher.bsky.social jasher.substack.com/p/why-most-d...

Great story showing how you can use Deportation Data Project info to show the long reaching geographic impacts of these ICE raids

We tracked around 1,600 people detained in "Operation Midway Blitz" - the Chicago-area ICE raids that took place this fall. Here's where they ended up. @themarshallproject.org @geoffhing.bsky.social @shannonheffernan.bsky.social

Ahead of the 2020 election, we asked people in prison what might have helped keep them from committing the crime that led to their incarceration. Among their responses were: • affordable housing • a stable, well-paying job • mental health support

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What drives our beliefs around crime and personal safety? Increasingly, the answer is politics. My latest for @themarshallproject.org

Nice resource from The Open Notebook for anyone dipping their toes into crime and public safety journalism. @theopennotebook.bsky.social

ICE agents continued raiding, arresting and deporting during the 43-day shutdown, but officials stopped publishing data on their operations. This data gives us the best info we have on what ICE is up to, where, and who is being caught in the dragnet.

"...while the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not." From @geoffhing.bsky.social and @jillcastellano.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2025/11/15/d...

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Past Marshall Project reporting has found that, in the aggregate, the cost of police misconduct settlements can reach into the billions. But recently, two cities have embraced a legal maneuver that, if widely adopted, could limit how much victims actually recover from these settlements.

Crawled out of my hole to join BlueSky. Learn more about my journalism here: www.themarshallproject.org/staff/jill-c...