Sarah Stillman
Sarah Stillman , a staff writer, won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for her investigation into the legal doctrine of felony murder . She runs the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale, and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2016.
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Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care? Sarah Stillman reports.
Across the U.S., felony-murder laws hold people responsible for killings they didn’t commit, putting thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison. Sarah Stillman looks at the case of Sadik Baxter.
Trump transformed immigration through hundreds of quiet measures. Before they can be reversed, they have to be uncovered, Sarah Stillman writes.
Sending a mother to prison can have a devastating effect on her children, Sarah Stillman writes. Why, then, do we lock so many women up?
Sarah Stillman on the immigrants in the U.S. who may face violence and murder in their home countries—and what happens when they are forced to return.
Sarah Stillman on the sex-offender registry, and what happens when juveniles are accused of misconduct.
Sarah Stillman writes about abductions of undocumented migrants attempting to enter the United States, and why such kidnappings are on the rise.
Sarah Stillman on the private-probation industry, which offers alternatives to incarceration by charging small-time offenders ever-mounting fees.
Sarah Stillman on civil forfeiture, wherein police departments can confiscate money and possessions without charging the owners with a crime.
Sarah Stillman on how the U.S. Army uses numerous workers, many of whom are exploited and poorly informed of their rights, to staff jobs in war zones.