The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. In addition to producing Inside Story, The Marshall Project has also published its print publication, News Inside, for nearly four years, reaching more than 890 prisons and jails nationwide.  

​​​“Prison and jail walls aren’t meant just to keep people in, they’re also meant to keep information out,” said Bartley, publisher of The Marshall Project Inside and co-creator of Inside Story. After joining The Marshall Project in 2018, he developed News Inside to get news behind bars, but soon discovered incarcerated people needed more ways to access criminal justice information. 

 “There’s a large population of people who have literacy issues and can’t read our content. So, Donald and I came up with the idea to create a video series. That idea became Inside Story,” Bartley said.   

Last summer, Andrisse led several Howard colleagues in an innovative program that gives other formerly incarcerated people pathways to careers in STEM through research internships on Howard University’s campus. Andrisse is the lead recipient on a multi-million dollar National Institutes of Health grant and a co-recipient of a major National Science Foundation grant to increase access to STEM education for currently and formerly incarcerated people – a big step forward in the emergent movement to create “Prison to College pipeline” programs. 

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For media inquiries, please contact: Sholnn Freeman, sholnn.freeman@howard.edu; Dacrie Brooks, dbrooks@themarshallproject.org); Nicole Funaro, nfunaro@themarshallproject.org; or  media@themarshallproject.org 

About Howard University 

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 14 schools and colleges. Students pursue more than 140 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu. 

About The Marshall Project 

The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. The Marshall Project engages the millions of people whose lives have been affected by the criminal justice system. We partner with local and national media outlets to reach diverse audiences, from people who want to learn more about criminal justice to experts who turn to us for fresh, accurate information.