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Iowa Agency Wants $2000 For Prison Rape Records, The Marshall Project Refuses

November 23, 2014 By Jeff Grant, Online Editor Leave a Comment

Iowa Agency Wants $2000 For Prison Rape Records, The Marshall Project Refuses Reprinted from Omaha.com, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 IOWA CITY (AP) — The leader of the Iowa Public Information Board is supporting a state agency's decision to charge more than $2,000 for access to mandatory reports about sexual violence in Iowa's prisons. Board executive director Keith Luchtel has concluded that the charge by the Department of Corrections isn't excessive and complies with the open records law. The board will review his opinion Thursday. The Marshall Project, a nonprofit that reports on the criminal justice system, is seeking sexual violence incident reports that were required to be submitted to … [Read more...]

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The Marshall Project Aims Spotlight On ‘Abysmal Status’ Of Criminal Justice

November 16, 2014 By Babz Rawls Ivy, Online Editor 1 Comment

By Michael Calderone michael.calderone@huffingtonpost.com NEW YORK –- Neil Barsky has taken on varied roles over the years, from Wall Street Journal reporter to Wall Street analyst, hedge fund manager to documentary filmmaker. Now he has returned to the newsroom as founder and chairman of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering criminal justice and edited by New York Times veteran Bill Keller. Barsky’s interest in criminal justice and the inequities of the U.S. system was ignited in recent years by two books: The New Jim Crow, which tackles mass incarceration and the over-representation of African-Americans in prison, and Devil in the Grove, which focuses on a 1949 rape case fought by … [Read more...]

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