We here at The Marshall Project consume a lot of criminal justice reporting, and most of our office chatter is of the jealous sort: Every day, we see stories we wish we had done. So we asked our staff to compile some of their favorite work of the year. It's by no means a comprehensive list, but in a year of big headlines, you might have missed some of them. We're glad there is so much great reporting out there, and we hope you are, too.
Shoot to Kill: Why Baltimore is One of the Most Lethal Cities in the U.S.
A Black Police Officer's Fight Against the N.Y.P.D.
An earlier version of this post incorrectly said "My four months as a private prison guard" was published in The Nation. It was published in Mother Jones.