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Introducing The Marshall Project – Cleveland. We’ve opened the first in a national network of local newsrooms that will cover criminal justice. Read this introductory letter from our Cleveland Editor-in-Chief Jim Crutchfield.

A victory for Louisiana’s incarcerated youth. State lawmakers have enacted new restrictions on the use of solitary confinement, following an investigation by TMP’s Beth Schwartzapfel, ProPublica’s Annie Waldman and NBC News’ Erin Einhorn. They found boys as young as 14 were spending weeks isolated in decrepit conditions, deprived of everything from mattresses to educational materials. Louisiana joins about one-third of states that restrict solitary confinement for youth.

People on parole can vote in Colorado. Earlier this year, TMP reported that Colorado officials had not updated voter registration forms to reflect a 2019 law restoring the right to vote for more than 11,000 people on parole. Now we’ve created a community resource with key information about voting rights in Colorado in Spanish and English. The visual explainer will be shared with community groups, reentry services, advocacy organizations and parole offices in Colorado, who intend to distribute it as a flier in print and online. In collaboration with The Colorado Sun, TMP’s Alexandra Arriaga, Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, Celina Fang, Bo-Won Keum, and Liset Cruz have our explainer, illustrated by artist Zeke Peña. En Español

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Criminal justice stories from around the web as selected by our staff.

Abortion is no longer a constitutional right in the U.S. The Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sends regulation of abortion back to individual states, the culmination of a calculated, long-term legal challenge to Roe v. Wade. The New York Times About half of states will severely restrict or outright ban abortion, some immediately, others within weeks. Quartz Related: Read the ruling. Supreme Court

Concealed carry everywhere. In a Second Amendment case with wide-ranging implications, an ideologically divided Supreme Court overturned a New York law requiring people to demonstrate a need before getting a permit to carry a gun in public. Now, Americans officially have a Constitutional right to carry guns outside their homes, no matter what state they’re in. CNN The ruling expands upon the court’s controversial 2008 Heller decision, which first established an individual right to keep and bear arms. New York Times Related: Read the ruling (and the dissents). Supreme Court Also related: An amicus brief from a coalition of public defender groups argues in favor of overturning New York’s law, on racial equity grounds. Supreme Court

You have the right to remain silent, but no way to enforce it. Meanwhile, in a separate decision also split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court said that police officers who fail to read your Miranda rights before interrogating you are violating your Constitutional rights — but you can’t sue them for doing so. Reason “The majority here, as elsewhere, injures the right by denying the remedy,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a dissent. CNN

The blink of an eye. Most active shooter incidents end before the police arrive, according to an analysis of 433 attacks over the past ten years. In about half of all cases, the attacker either flees or dies by suicide, the research showed. About one-third of the time, the police either shoot or subdue the attacker. “It’s direct, indisputable, empirical evidence that this kind of common claim that ‘the only thing that stops a bad guy with the gun is a good guy with the gun’ is wrong,” said one expert. The New York Times

“Guns 4 Ukraine.” It’s not uncommon for police departments to offer cash for guns, as part of an effort to get them off the streets with “no questions asked.” Less common is the final destination of the guns that Miami police are collecting: the front lines in Ukraine. The Washington Post

Getting out, graduating, breaking the cycle. NPR’s Elissa Nadworny followed two men as they were released from prison with almost enough credits to graduate from the prestigious Pitzer College after participating in a prison college program. They moved directly from prison to the bucolic California campus to complete their degrees. NPR It’s part of a series exploring the implications of Pell grants becoming available to prisoners for the first time since 1994. NPR