Alysia Santo

Jun 3, 2024 | themarshallproject.org | Alysia Santo |Tom Scheck |Montez Haines |Kamorra Sneed

By Alysia Santo, The Marshall Project; Tom Scheck and Jennifer Lu, APM Reports; Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio Maps by Anna Flagg and Katie ParkAdditional data analysis by Anna Flagg Feature · In March 2018, a heartbroken mother named Donnita Stunson mailed a letter to the mayor of St. Louis asking for help. “I was born and raised in the city of St. Louis,” she wrote.

Jun 3, 2024 | features.apmreports.org | Alysia Santo |Tom Scheck |Rachel Lippmann |Jennifer Lu

In one of America's deadliest cities, police have struggled to solve killings due to staffing shortages, shoddy detective work and lack of community trust. In March 2018, a heartbroken mother named Donnita Stunson mailed a letter to the mayor of St. Louis asking for help. "I was born and raised in the city of St. Louis," she wrote.

Dec 14, 2023 | thedailystar.com | Alysia Santo |Joseph Neff |Joseph Neff Focus

A guard working at a Hudson Valley prison pummeled a 19-year-old shackled by the legs to a restraint chair. An officer at a facility near the Canadian border denied food to a man in solitary confinement 13 times over a week. Outside Albany, a guard told a prisoner, “That’s how you get dumped on your ******* head,” then smashed his head into a wall. Each time, New York state officials fired the guards. Each time, they appealed. Each time, private arbitrators gave the officers their jobs back.

Dec 14, 2023 | investigativepost.org | Jim Heaney |Alysia Santo |Joseph Neff

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. The Marshall Project is distributing this story via Investigative Post, the (Albany) Times Union and New York Focus. A guard working at a Hudson Valley prison pummeled a 19-year-old shackled by the legs to a restraint chair.

Dec 13, 2023 | timesunion.com | Alysia Santo |Joseph Neff

A version of this article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. ALBANY — A guard working at a Hudson Valley prison pummeled a 19-year-old shackled by the legs to a restraint chair. An officer at a facility near the Canadian border denied food to a man in solitary confinement 13 times over a week.