Lauren Gill

Lauren Gill writes about the criminal justice system with a focus on jails, prisons, and the death penalty. Her work has appeared in ProPublica, Rolling Stone, The Nation, and The Intercept among other publications.

Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails

Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails

Counties aren’t supposed to use Covid funds to build jails and prisons—but that hasn’t stopped some of them from trying to do it anyway.

Jul 26, 2022 / Feature / Lauren Gill

These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row

These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row These Men are Fighting to Abolish the Death Penalty—From Death Row

Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty is the nation’s only anti–death penalty organization run by death-row prisoners.

Apr 4, 2019 / Feature / Lauren Gill